Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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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...

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

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.

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a...

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a...

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

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

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...

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.