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Karl Kraus

November 6, 2014

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A woman in short
pants is the handmaiden of
sex education

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The trouble with Kant
is his idealism is
worse than syphilis

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Virginity is
a wastrel’s passion; it will
deflower morals

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A poorly repressed
shoe fetishist has no time
to be a loafer

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Democracy is
an old miser who attracts
beggars, dogs and thieves

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Christian martyrdom
is a lifestyle that has stood
every test of time

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When I plagiarize,
it unsettles the whole world—
it’s an art earthquake

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Science is a crutch
for those exhausted by their
imagination

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Squeeze human nature
into matrimony and
endanger the world

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Journalism is an
abortion of thought and the
mother of all lies

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