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Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence.
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We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods; we are consumers and live in such a way that the means may consume the end.
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Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.
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The tyranny of necessity grants its slaves three kinds of freedom: opinion free from intellect, entertainment free from art, and orgies free from love.
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Progress … has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Karl Kraus
Born:
April 28, 1874
Died:
June 12, 1936
(aged 62)
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