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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

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.

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I...

I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I...

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

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

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...

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...

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

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

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...

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

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

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

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When...

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When...

Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy...

Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy...

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.