Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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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...

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.

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...

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

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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

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

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;...

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

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

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.

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...

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a...

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for...

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for...

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...

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...

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...

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.