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Many talents preserve their precociousness right into old age.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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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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Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the dishes while washing them.
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If you wish to form a clear judgment on your friends, consult your dreams.
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The press, that goiter of the world, swells up with the desire for conquest and bursts with the achievements which every day brings. A week has room for the boldest climax of the human drive for expansion.
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Speech is the mother, not the handmaid, of thought.
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Psychology is as useless as directions for using poison.
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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When I take up my pen, nothing can happen to me. Fate, remember that.
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I have drawn from the well of language many a thought which I do not have and which I could not put into words.
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