Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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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...

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

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

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

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...

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.

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

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

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't...

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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;...

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.

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

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

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...

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

The Christian glories in the death of a pagan, because thereby Christ himself is glorified

The Christian glories in the death of a pagan, because thereby Christ himself is glorified

The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in...

The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...