Kurt Tucholsky

“Soldiers are murderers.”

“The advantage of wisdom is that you can play the fool. The opposite is a bit more difficult.”

“A country is not just what it does – it is also what it tolerates.”

“What is satire allowed to do? Everything.”

“Expect nothing. Today: that is your life.”

“In Germany, the highest form of recognition is envy.”

“The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is well-meant.”

“Experience means nothing. You can also have 35 years of bad experience.”

“The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”

“Language is a weapon. Keep it sharp.”

“Nothing is more difficult than to describe a smell.”

“Because that which must not be, cannot be.”