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Satire that the censor understands is rightly censored.

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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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
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There is a cultural taste which tries very hard to get rid of the lice in a fur coat. There is another which tolerates the lice and thinks the coat can be worn with them in it. And finally there is a taste which regards the lice as the most important thing about the coat and consequently places the coat at the lice's disposal.
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It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me any longer.
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Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.
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