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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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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.

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

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.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

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...

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

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...

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 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;...

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

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

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

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...

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 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;...

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

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...

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.