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Cosmetics is the science of a woman's cosmos.

Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
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Jicin
Cosmetics
Cosmos
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Science
Women

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Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.
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