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Karl Kraus Quotes: Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.
         

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.


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The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt.

The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt.



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

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



I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.



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

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



An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.



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.



Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics.

Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics.



Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.

Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.



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

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



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.

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.





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Don’t waste your time dying over the past, spend it living in the present.



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She didn't have an answer for that. People like her only ever have questions.



If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.

If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.



I have an inability to relax. I try to make every day a work day. I get pleasure from work... I try to think of sketch ideas, stand-up pieces. I am incapable of leisure and leisure time.

I have an inability to relax. I try to make every day a work day. I get pleasure from work... I try to think of sketch ideas, stand-up pieces. I am incapable of leisure and leisure time.



The reason why clutter clearing is effective is that while you are putting your external world in order there are corresponding changes going on internally too.

The reason why clutter clearing is effective is that while you are putting your external world in order there are corresponding changes going on internally too.



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Few people asking about my post Westlife plans!? I'll be making a solo album of course! The process has already started actually ;)



All feelings are acceptable, but all behavior isn't.

All feelings are acceptable, but all behavior isn't.



The artificial heart is very effective as a bridge to transplant, but the number of people that can be saved with human hearts is limited. A perfect artificial heart could save many more patients.

The artificial heart is very effective as a bridge to transplant, but the number of people that can be saved with human hearts is limited. A perfect artificial heart could save many more patients.



Against a stupidity that is in fashion, no wisdom compensates.

Against a stupidity that is in fashion, no wisdom compensates.




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