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.
Karl KrausA bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography.
Karl KrausCulture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence.
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