I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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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.

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;...

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...

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.

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 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.

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

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

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

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer...

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer...

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a...

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Sickness shows us what we are

Sickness shows us what we are

The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back,...

The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back,...

Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.

Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.