Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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

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...

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;...

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

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

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

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

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.