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I am not for women but against men.

Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.
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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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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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A weak man has doubts before a decision a strong man has them afterwards.
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Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence.
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