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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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Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden
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It is either a half-truth or a truth and a half.
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In case of doubt, decide in favor of what is correct.
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Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes.
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They judge lest they be judged.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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Social reform is the desperate decision to remove corns from a person suffering from cancer.
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My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.
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Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former.
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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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Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.
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Art is something that is so perfectly clear that no one comprehends it.
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