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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of...

Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of...

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.

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a...

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a...

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

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

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

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...

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 am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I...

I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

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...

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...

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.

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.

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them...

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them...