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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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.

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!

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...

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...

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...

Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of...

Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of...

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

A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

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...

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

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

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

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...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

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.