Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.
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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.Karl Kraus
War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off.
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Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
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To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.
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How is the world ruled and how do wars start Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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