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Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples in others, sex laws.

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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
Produce
Pimples
Takes
Toll
Tolls
Law
Chastity
Others
Produces
Always
Dignity
Laws
Sex

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