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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

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.

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;...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

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.

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.

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

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

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does...

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does...

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

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

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

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...

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

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;...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.