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

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

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.

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.

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;...

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

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

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.

Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have...

Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have...

Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.

Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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.

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...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which...

Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

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...

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with...

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with...

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...

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?