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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

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;...

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

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...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When...

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When...

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...

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

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

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

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted...

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted...

I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I...

I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I...

Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love

Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people...

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people...

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the...

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the...