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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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!

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.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

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

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

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

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

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...