Quotes by Karl Kraus

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about...

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Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

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Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

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

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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they...

#Karl Kraus

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer...

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Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

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It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old...

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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does...

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You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.

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Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

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To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

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