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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
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Jicin
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Spiders
Across
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Refrains
Powerful
Mores
Lying
Volcano
Social
Volcanoes

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