Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

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

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...

Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have...

Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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 don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does...

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does...

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...

Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which...

Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which...

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...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

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.