Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsiste… - Karl Kraus

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Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence.

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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