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.

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...

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...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

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

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

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.

Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of...

Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of...

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

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

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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...

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.

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

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

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.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

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.

Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which...

Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

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...

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...

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself...

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself...