Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of the latter to the former.
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Karl Kraus
These are some quotes by Austrian author Karl Kraus Writer, who lived between April 28, 1874 and June 12, 1936.
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