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

Quote by Karl Kraus

Topics: Irony Quotes

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

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...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

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

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

There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him...

There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him...

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...

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom;...

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom;...

Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which...

Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which...

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...

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;...

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

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

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

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...

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...

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...

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

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...

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short...

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short...

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

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