Austrian - Writer | April 28, 1874 - June 12, 1936
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
Karl Kraus
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Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.
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Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.
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Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.
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An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.
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A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
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There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
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Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.
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Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.
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Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.
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Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
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Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.
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