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Satire chooses and knows no objects. It arises by fleeing from them and their forcing themselves upon it.

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
Translator
Writer
Jicin
Forcing
Satire
Chooses
Arises
Arise
Objects
Upon
Fleeing

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