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Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden

Karl Kraus

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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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Writer
Jicin
Satire
Forbidden
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Understand
Satires
Censor
Justly

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Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.
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