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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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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...

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they...

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they...

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...

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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...

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...

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...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

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;...

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

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

The fastest way to pass your own expectations is to add passion to your labor.

The fastest way to pass your own expectations is to add passion to your labor.

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their...

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their...