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A great deal of learning can be packed into an empty head.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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An artist should make concessions to the listener. That is why Bruckner dedicated one of his symphonies to the Good Lord.
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Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.
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Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools.
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