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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it...

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it...

Progress celebrates victories over nature. Progress makes purses out of human skin. When people were...

Progress celebrates victories over nature. Progress makes purses out of human skin. When people were...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

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;...

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...

Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of...

Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them...

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them...

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

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

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.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.