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

Medicine: "Your money and your life!

Karl Kraus

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The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.

stupid clever funny

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse th... by Karl Kraus

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

devil people thinking

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid. by Karl Kraus

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

solitude would-be people

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

moral-corruption literature country

Since the law prohibits the keeping of wild animals and I get no enjoyment from pets, I prefer to remain unmarried.

marriage law animal

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of imagination to make it work.

imagination literature work

A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them af... by Karl Kraus

A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.

strong success motivational

When a culture feels that its end has come, it sends for a priest... by Karl Kraus

When a culture feels that its end has come, it sends for a priest.

atheism society religion

How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then belie... by Karl Kraus

How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read.

war believe lying

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.

skills writing ideas

Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands... by Karl Kraus

Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands it of a woman.

demand responsibility men

The heroes of obtrusiveness, people with whom no soldier would lie down in the trenches, though he has to submit to being interviewed by them, break into recently abandoned royal castles so that they can report, "We got there first!" It would be far less shameful to be paid for committing atrocities than for fabricating them.

hero lying people

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave. by Karl Kraus

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

democracy opportunity mean

Where do I find the time for not reading so many books? by Karl Kraus

Where do I find the time for not reading so many books?

reading time book

A philistine is habitually bored and looks for things that won't bore him. An artist finds things boring, but is never bored.

boredom looks art

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden. by Karl Kraus

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

language mother

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.

sound life order

Insights into erotic life belong to art, not education. But sometimes these have to be spelled out for the illiterates. And it ismainly a matter of convincing the illiterates, for they are the ones who write the penal code.

erotic writing art

If something is stolen from you, don't go to the police. They're not interested. Don't go to a psychologist either, because he's interested in only one thing: that it was really you who did the stealing.

psychologist stealing police

So-called psychoanalysis is the occupation of lustful rationalists who trace everything in the world to sexual causes--with the exception of their occupation.

occupation causes world