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Most people only do what they are asked to do success comes to those who do a little more.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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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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I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.
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Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.
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I like to hold a monologue with women. But a dialogue with myself is more stimulating.
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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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A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.
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