Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

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...

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...

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.

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a...

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

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...

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

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

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...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

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

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

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.

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When...

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When...

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.

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...

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

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