The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.

Quote by Karl Kraus

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

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

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

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

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...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

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.

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...

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.

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

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

War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation...

War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher...