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Karl Kraus
Austria
28 Apr 1874 // 12 Jun 1936
Writer / Journalist
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On Politics:
The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so that they believe they are as clever as he
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On Devil:
The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people meaner
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On Comprehension:
It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean
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On Popularity:
I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am
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On Hate:
Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love
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On Education:
Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess
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On Doubt:
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards
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On Masturbation:
A woman occasionally is quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation. It takes an abundance of imagination, to be sure
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On Opinion:
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
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On Opinion:
Many share my views with me. But I don't share them with them
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
On Destiny:
"Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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Francis Bacon
On Friendship:
"A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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