Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of shame even from the poor.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him...

There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him...

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

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

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...

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

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

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about...

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about...

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

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

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.

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

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...

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order...

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order...

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...

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...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely...

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely...

Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer

Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer