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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation...

War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation...

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

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...

I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

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

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

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.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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

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

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!

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

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

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

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

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.

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

I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year...

I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year...

Jealousy is the great exaggerator

Jealousy is the great exaggerator