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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I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

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...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

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...

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they...

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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!

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old...

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old...

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

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

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

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a...

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a...

In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it...

In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it...