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A historian is not always a prophet facing backwards, but a journalist is always someone who afterwards knew everything beforehand.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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Jicin
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Everything
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Always
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