The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.
The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.
Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
A poem is good until one knows by whom it is.
What the teachers digest, the pupils eat.
Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.
I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear.
To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.
There are women who are not beautiful but only look that way.
I have often been asked to be fair and view a matter from all sides. I did so, hoping that something might improve if I viewed allsides of it. But the result was the same. So I went back to viewing things only from one side, which saves me a lot of work and disappointment. For it is comforting to regard something as bad and to be able to use one's prejudice as an excuse.
One's need for loneliness is not satisfied if one sits at a table alone. There must be empty chairs as well.
A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.
Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of imagination to make it work.
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read.
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.
My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.
No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.
Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands it of a woman.
Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.
Where do I find the time for not reading so many books?
Cosmetics is the science of a woman's cosmos.
Life is an effort that deserves a better cause.
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