Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots

Quote by Karl Kraus

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Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

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...

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...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

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

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

Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.

Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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.

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!