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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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Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of imagination to make it work.
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When I take up my pen, nothing can happen to me. Fate, remember that.
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Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.
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Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
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How powerful social mores are! Only a spider's web lies across the volcano, yet it refrains from erupting.
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When I don't make any progress, it is because I have bumped into the wall of language. Then I draw back with a bloody head. And would like to go on.
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A good writer does not receive anywhere near the number of poison-pen letters that is commonly assumed. Among a hundred jackassesthere are not ten who will admit to being jackasses, and at most one who will put it in writing.
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A historian is not always a prophet facing backwards, but a journalist is always someone who afterwards knew everything beforehand.
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A weak man has doubts before a decision a strong man has them afterwards.
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Most people only do what they are asked to do success comes to those who do a little more.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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An illusion of depth often occurs if a blockhead is a muddlehead at the same time
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I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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Sorrento, August. For two weeks now I haven't heard a German word or understood an Italian one. This way one can manage to live with people everything goes like clockwork and no irksome misunderstanding can arise.
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If you wish to form a clear judgment on your friends, consult your dreams.
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A great deal of learning can be packed into an empty head.
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Where do I find the time for not reading so many books?
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Cosmetics is the science of a woman's cosmos.
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Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.
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