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

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.

I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

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.

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they...

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

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

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

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...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

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...

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...

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.

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;...

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...

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;...

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...

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

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

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.