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I master only the language of others. Mine does with me what it wants.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time
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The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own.
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It is either a half-truth or a truth and a half.
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The triumph of morality: A thief who has broken into a bedroom claims his sense of shame had been outraged, and by threatening theoccupants with exposure of an immoral act he blackmails them into not bringing charges for burglary.
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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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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
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When I take up my pen, nothing can happen to me. Fate, remember that.
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Art is something that is so perfectly clear that no one comprehends it.
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Life is an effort that deserves a better cause.
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To write a novel may be pure pleasure. To live a novel presents certain difficulties. As for reading a novel, I do my best to get out of it.
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In case of doubt, decide in favor of what is correct.
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