A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.

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...

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

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

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

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...

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

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...

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.

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.

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 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...

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;...

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.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they...

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they...

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...

Praise be to Allah, Who has given me in old age Ismail and Ishaq; most...

Praise be to Allah, Who has given me in old age Ismail and Ishaq; most...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...