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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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

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

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When...

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted...

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted...

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...

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...

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order...

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order...

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

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

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

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...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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...

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

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

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...

CUPID, n. The so-called god of love. This bastard creation of a barbarous fancy was...

CUPID, n. The so-called god of love. This bastard creation of a barbarous fancy was...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...