It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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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.

Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which...

Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe...

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe...

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...

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;...

A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

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.

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

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...

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

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...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.