The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.Karl Kraus
Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.
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There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
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How is the world ruled and how do wars start Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read.
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Love between sexes is a sin in theology, a forbidden intercourse in jurisprudence, a mechanical insult in medicine, and a subject philosophy has no time for.
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