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.

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

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

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...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

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

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

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...

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with...

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with...

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.

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

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

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the...

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the...

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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...