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A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography.

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 world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day so let us settle for the mirror image and do without an inspection of the original.
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The development of technology will leave only one problem: the infirmity of human nature.
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The difference between psychiatrists and other mentally disturbed people is something like the relationship between concave and convex madness.
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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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A cigar, said the altruist, a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just come around mine is always lit.
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Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?
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I master only the language of others. Mine does with me what it wants.
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An artist should make concessions to the listener. That is why Bruckner dedicated one of his symphonies to the Good Lord.
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Prussia: freedom of movement with a muzzle. Austria: an isolation cell in which screaming is allowed.
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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 father's pride, laid on thick, has always made me wish that the fellow had at least experienced some pain during procreation.
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When I don't make any progress, it is because I have bumped into the wall of language. Then I draw back with a bloody head. And would like to go on.
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The press, that goiter of the world, swells up with the desire for conquest and bursts with the achievements which every day brings. A week has room for the boldest climax of the human drive for expansion.
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Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes.
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One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis.
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When I take up my pen, nothing can happen to me. Fate, remember that.
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An aphorism is never exactly true it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.
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A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time
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Since the day man first tried to conquer space, the earth has been mobilizing.
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In case of doubt, decide in favor of what is correct.
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