In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year.

Karl Kraus

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If someone calls me vain and mean, I know that he trusts me and h... by Karl Kraus

If someone calls me vain and mean, I know that he trusts me and has something to confess to me.

vain trust mean

Mankind became hysterical in the Middle Ages because it poorly repressed the sexual impressions of its Greek boyhood.

boyhood greek age

Many talents preserve their precociousness right into old age. by Karl Kraus

Many talents preserve their precociousness right into old age.

preserves talent age

A father's pride, laid on thick, has always made me wish that the fellow had at least experienced some pain during procreation.

pain pride father

Medicine: "Your money and your life! by Karl Kraus

Medicine: "Your money and your life!

medicine money

An artist should make concessions to the listener. That is why Bruckner dedicated one of his symphonies to the Good Lord.

symphony artist lord

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it. by Karl Kraus

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

scandal police literature

Not greeting people isn't enough. One also doesn't greet people o... by Karl Kraus

Not greeting people isn't enough. One also doesn't greet people one doesn't know.

greetings enough people

I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the... by Karl Kraus

I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.

stage speak people

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

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

hilarious literature ideas

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.

boredom disease literature

How unreliable is the woman caught being faithful! Today she is faithful to you, tomorrow to another.

faithful tomorrow today

That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had even less business there--and paying him royalties is equivalent to cheating the actors.

humility doe cheating

It so often happened to me that someone who shared my opinion kept the larger share for himself that I am now forewarned and offer people only ideas.

opinion people ideas

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust... by Karl Kraus

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

morality lust christian

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I ha... by Karl Kraus

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

equal literature men

Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated. by Karl Kraus

Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated.

diplomacy games chess

A pun, though despicable in itself, can be the noblest vehicle of an artistic intention by serving as the abbreviation of a wittyview. It can be a social criticism in the form of an epigram.

abbreviations artistic criticism

Anesthesia: wounds without pain. Neurasthenia: pain without wound... by Karl Kraus

Anesthesia: wounds without pain. Neurasthenia: pain without wounds.

anesthesia without-pain pain

Ingratitude is often disproportionate to the benefaction received... by Karl Kraus

Ingratitude is often disproportionate to the benefaction received.

ingratitude gratitude