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Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

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
Translator
Writer
Jicin
Humans
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Criminals
Appear
Crime
Justice
Nature
Straitjacket
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