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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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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;...

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...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

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.

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe...

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe...

Progress celebrates victories over nature. Progress makes purses out of human skin. When people were...

Progress celebrates victories over nature. Progress makes purses out of human skin. When people were...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

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.

Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.

Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.

I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed...

I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed...

For the American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness,...

For the American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness,...

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education...

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education...