Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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

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

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short...

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short...

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...

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

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

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I...

I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I...

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...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

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...

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

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...