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A woman occasionally is quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged.
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A school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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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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I am not for women but against men.
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Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.
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A good stylist should have narcissistic enjoyment as he works. He must be able to objectivize his work to such an extent that he catches himself feeling envious and has to jog his memory to find that he is himself the creator. In short, he must display that highest degree of objectivity which the world calls vanity.
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Let my style capture all the sounds of my time. This should make it an annoyance to my contemporaries. But later generations should hold it to their ears like a seashell in which there is the music of an ocean of mud.
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Art is something that is so perfectly clear that no one comprehends it.
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