Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of the latter to the former.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer...

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer...

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe...

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

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...

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

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

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;...

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...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the...

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the...

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...

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

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

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

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...

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

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