One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations...

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations...

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to...

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to...

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one...

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one...

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view,...

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view,...

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There...

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There...

My fear is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

My fear is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and...

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and...