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Karl Kraus (April 28, 1874 - June 12, 1936) was an eminent Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright, and poet. He is generally considered one of the foremost German-language satirists of the 20th century, especially known for his witty criticism of the press, German culture, and German politics. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

"Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave."

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"The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity."

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"The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test."

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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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"Adults who still derive childlike pleasure from hanging gifts of a ready-made education on the Christmas tree of a child waiting outside the door to life do not realize how unreceptive they are making the children to everything that constitutes the true surprise of life."

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"A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality."

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"It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new."

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"Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work."

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"Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves."

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"If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies."

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