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An aphorism is never exactly true it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
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Jicin
Aphorism
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Exactly
Either
Half
True
Truth
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