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I trim my opponents to fit my arrows.

Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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The development of technology will leave only one problem: the infirmity of human nature.
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The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.
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Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.
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What the teachers digest, the pupils eat.
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