Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't...

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't...

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...

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.

Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love

Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

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

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

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.

Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

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...

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...

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

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

Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and...

Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and...

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings...

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings...