Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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

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

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and...

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and...

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

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

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

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...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

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...

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom;...

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom;...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

Words hurt more than swords

Words hurt more than swords