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The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day so let us settle for the mirror image and do without an inspection of the original.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Translator
Writer
Jicin
Looks
Original
Every
Mirrors
World
Began
Uglier
Image
Inspection
Since
Settle
Become
Settling
Look
Mirror
Without
Originals

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