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

Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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Stupidity gets up early that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.
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A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.
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Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.
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The extraordinary ability of a woman to forget is not the same as the talent of a lady not to be able to remember.
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Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue its secondary stage, boredom its tertiary stage, syphilis.
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Talent is often a defect in character.
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The pimp is the executive organ of immorality. The executive organ of morality is the blackmailer.
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Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
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I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.
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A weak man has doubts before a decision a strong man has them afterwards.
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Keep your passions in check, but beware of giving your reason free rein.
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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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A healthy man is content with a woman. An erotic man is content with a stocking to get to a woman. A sick man is content with thestocking.
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