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The agitator seizes the word. The artist is seized by it.

Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality. But off the stage the fire must be able to reconvert the steam into body.
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Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools.
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It is regarded as normal to consecrate virginity in general and to lust for its destruction in particular.
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It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.
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A white lie is always pardonable. But he who tells the truth without compulsion merits no leniency.
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A woman occasionally is quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation.
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Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
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When I want to go to sleep, I must first get a whole menagerie of voices to shut up. You wouldn't believe what a racket they make in my room.
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Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former.
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I can say with pride that I have spent days and nights not reading anything, and that with unflagging energy I use every moment toacquire gradually an encyclopedic lack of education.
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Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of imagination to make it work.
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If children had been told that they could not blow their noses, this alone would make adults blush.
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