There is a cultural taste which tries very hard to get rid of the lice in a fur coat. There is another which tolerates the lice and thinks the coat can be worn with them in it. And finally there is a taste which regards the lice as the most important thing about the coat and consequently places the coat at the lice's disposal.
Karl KrausA comprehensive education is a well-stocked pharmacy: but we have no assurance that potassium cyanide will not be administered fora head cold.
Karl KrausHow powerful social mores are! Only a spider's web lies across the volcano, yet it refrains from erupting.
Karl KrausTechnology is a servant who makes so much noise cleaning up in the next room that his master cannot make music.
Karl Kraus