I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with...

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with...

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

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

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...

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

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.

You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose...

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose...

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

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.

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 child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short...

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short...

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...

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...

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...

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of...

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of...

Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.

Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.