The real end of the world is the destruction of the spirit; the other kind depends on the insignificant attempt to see whether after such a destructi… - Karl Kraus

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The real end of the world is the destruction of the spirit; the other kind depends on the insignificant attempt to see whether after such a destruction the world can go on.

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About Karl Kraus

Karl Kraus (28 April 1874 – 12 June 1936) was an Austrian journalist, satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet.

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