A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!

Quote by Karl Kraus

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

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

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order...

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order...

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for...

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for...

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

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

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

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

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't...

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't...

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 trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them...

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose...

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose...

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.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the...

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the...

Every man has his price

Every man has his price

Money and Corruption Are ruining the land Crooked politicians Betray the working man, Pocketing the...

Money and Corruption Are ruining the land Crooked politicians Betray the working man, Pocketing the...