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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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

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

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

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...

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...

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...

Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of...

Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of...

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

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...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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...

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

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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

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

Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love

Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

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...

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 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.