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Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the... →
Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.
The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.
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... →
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.
It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.
Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.
Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.
No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.