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In Berlin, things are serious but not hopeless. In Vienna, they are hopeless but not serious.

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
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Jicin
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Vienna
Berlin
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