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

Quote by Karl Kraus

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Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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;...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe...

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe...

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose...

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and...

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and...

A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!

A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!

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...

You live in the age of interdependence. Borders don't count for much or stop much,...

You live in the age of interdependence. Borders don't count for much or stop much,...

'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely...

'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely...