A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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

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

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

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.

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

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

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

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

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

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

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

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

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

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with...

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

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...

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...

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

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

Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.

Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.

There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him...

There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him...

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...

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...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

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...