Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

Quote by Karl Kraus

Topics: Experience Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity...

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity...

I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I...

I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I...

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

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

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short...

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short...

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

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

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about...

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about...

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and...

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and...

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.

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;...

You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.

You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.

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

Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love

Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love

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;...

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

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

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

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...

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old...

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old...