I and my public understand each other very well: it does no… - Karl Kraus

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I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear.

Karl Kraus

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

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Alternative Names: Karel Kraus

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I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear. - Karl Kraus

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