Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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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...

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel...

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel...

Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which...

Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which...

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...

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...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

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

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

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they...

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they...

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;...

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with...

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with...

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

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...

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it...

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it...

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old...

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old...