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The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.

Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Poet
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World
Preferable
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Solitary
Prison

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