War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse…

Quote by Karl Kraus

Topics: War Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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...

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

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

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

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...

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...

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

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;...

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...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

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...

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

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

Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the...

Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the...

The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure,...

The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure,...