Progress celebrates victories over nature. Progress makes purses out of human skin. When people were traveling in mail coaches, the world got ahead better than it does now that salesmen fly through the air. What good is speed if the…

Quote by Karl Kraus

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A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself...

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself...

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

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

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

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...

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel...

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel...

You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.

You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.

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...

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.

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

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

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

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...

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...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Beauty?...To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its...

Beauty?...To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its...

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at...

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at...