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How powerful social mores are! Only a spider's web lies across the volcano, yet it refrains from erupting.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Translator
Writer
Jicin
Across
Refrains
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Mores
Powerful
Volcano
Lying
Volcanoes
Social
Spider
Refrain
Spiders

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