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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Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

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

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

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

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

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

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...

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

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

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

Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.

Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.

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...

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

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

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

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.

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself...

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself...

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for...

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for...

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

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

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...

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...

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.