One ought to acknowledge the significance for mankind of the simultaneous invention of gunpowder and printer’s ink.
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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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Karl Kraus (78)
Birth: | 28th April, 1874 |
Death: | 12th June, 1936 |
Nationality: | Austrian |
Profession: | Writer, Journalist |
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Karl Kraus was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He is considered the first major European satirist since Jonathan Swift. He directed his satire to the press, German culture, and German and Austrian politics.
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