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.
Most people only do what they are asked to do; success comes to those who do a little more.
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.
Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes.
No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.
There are women who are not beautiful but only look that way.
War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.
Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.
To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.
How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read.
The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt.
Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former.
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.
We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods; we are consumers and live in such a way that the means may consume the end.
Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.
Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands it of a woman.
Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.
Lord, forgive them, for they know what they do!
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.
Barbershop conversations are irrefutable proof that heads exist for the sake of hair.
Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged.
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