Karl Kraus

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

#country #endanger #endangers #entire #entire country

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.' ↗

— Karl Kraus

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

— Karl Kraus

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There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman. ↗

— Karl Kraus

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Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves. ↗

— Karl Kraus

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Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots. ↗

— Karl Kraus

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Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world. ↗

— Karl Kraus

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

— Karl Kraus

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Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower. ↗

— Karl Kraus

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

— Karl Kraus

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