The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram.

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram.

I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When...

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When...

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom;...

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom;...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they...

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they...

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does...

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does...

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have...

Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have...

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer...

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer...

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

I don't need to hear public comment. I am the public!

I don't need to hear public comment. I am the public!

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality...

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality...

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they...

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they...