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One cannot dictate an aphorism to a typist. It would take too long.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
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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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A good stylist should have narcissistic enjoyment as he works. He must be able to objectivize his work to such an extent that he catches himself feeling envious and has to jog his memory to find that he is himself the creator. In short, he must display that highest degree of objectivity which the world calls vanity.
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Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden
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One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis.
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To have no ideas and being able to express them is the essence of journalism.
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Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged.
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A school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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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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Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
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I am not for women but against men.
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I can say with pride that I have spent days and nights not reading anything, and that with unflagging energy I use every moment toacquire gradually an encyclopedic lack of education.
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Cosmetics is the science of a woman's cosmos.
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Satire that the censor understands is rightly censored.
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Art is something that is so perfectly clear that no one comprehends it.
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Imagination has the right to feast in the shade of the tree that it turns into a forest.
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In Berlin, things are serious but not hopeless. In Vienna, they are hopeless but not serious.
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Talent is often a defect in character.
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In the theater one must sit in such a way that one sees the audience as a dark mass. Then it cannot bother one more than it does an actor. Nothing is more disturbing than being able to distinguish individuals in the crowd.
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A great deal of learning can be packed into an empty head.
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