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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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

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

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...

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and...

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and...

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

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;...

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...

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...

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation...

War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

He who studies MA in English Literature but fears the name Shakespeare is one who...

He who studies MA in English Literature but fears the name Shakespeare is one who...

A man is well educated when he knows where to find what he doesnt know.

A man is well educated when he knows where to find what he doesnt know.