Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; it…

Karl Kraus
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Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis. ✨ Karl Kraus. Book by Harry Zohn, p. 47, 1971.
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Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis. ✨ Karl Kraus. Book by Harry Zohn, p. 47, 1971.

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