The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are. - Karl Kraus

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The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

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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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