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

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
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Writer
Jicin
Curiosity
Appetizers
Christianity
Enriched
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Erotic
Remorse
Spoiled
Meal
Meals
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