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Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of imagination to make it work.

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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
Work
Intercourse
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Substitute
Substitutes
Takes
Imagination
Literature
Woman
Satisfactory
Sometimes
Masturbation

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