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Ask your neighbor only about things you know better yourself. Then his advice could prove valuable.

Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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I master only the language of others. Mine does with me what it wants.
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I like to hold a monologue with women. But a dialogue with myself is more stimulating.
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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
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News reports stand up as people, and people wither into editorials. Clichés walk around on two legs while men are having theirs shot off.
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An aphorism is never exactly true it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.
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Keep your passions in check, but beware of giving your reason free rein.
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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 fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.
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Prussia: freedom of movement with a muzzle. Austria: an isolation cell in which screaming is allowed.
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