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Small: Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?
"Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his hearts desire!
"A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue its secondary stage, boredom its tertiary s
"Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: Jealousy is a dogs bark which attracts thieves
"Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots
"Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: Democracy means the opportunity to be everyones slave
"Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invar
"Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant
"The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back
"The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear
"Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: Justice is a whore that wont let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of shame even from the poor
"Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of shame even from the poor"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: I dont like to meddle in my private affairs
"I don't like to meddle in my private affairs"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants
"A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every
"The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match
"Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom
"Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean
"It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies
"If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent
"He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent"
Karl Kraus, Writer
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Small: The point is not to take the worlds opinion as a guiding star but to go ones way in life and working unerringl
"The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: I have become a different person. I dont know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier
"I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I.
"I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten
Franz Kafka
"We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt"
Franz Kafka, Novelist
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Small: If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it would have been permitted
Franz Kafka
"If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it would have been permitted"
Franz Kafka, Novelist
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Small: If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music
"If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: Spring wont let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again
"Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces
"It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand
"Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion
"You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: With the coming of spring, I am calm again
"With the coming of spring, I am calm again"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going
"It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage
"In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: If you think youre boring your audience, go slower not faster
"If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment
"I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: I dont let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day
"I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle
"Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking
"Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything
"A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of ones contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on ones way
"Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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Small: I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way
"I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
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