The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day; so let us settle for the mirror image and do without an inspection of the original

Quote by Karl Kraus

Topics: Appearance Quotes, World Quotes

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

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

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

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

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

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;...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for...

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for...