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Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.

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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
Curiosity
Appetizers
Christianity
Enriched
Dessert
Erotic
Remorse
Spoiled
Meal
Meals
Appetizer

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