The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day so let us settle for the mirror image and do without an inspection of the original. (Karl Kraus)

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day so let us settle for the mirror image and do without an inspection of the original.

Karl Kraus

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