A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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

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...

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

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

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...

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

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.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

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...

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

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;...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted...

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted...