Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves. — Karl Kraus Animal Copy Share Image
On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person. — Karl Kraus Acting Copy Share Image
Psychoanalysts are father confessors who like to listen to the sins of the father as well. — Karl Kraus Dignity Copy Share Image
The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
A man's jealousy is a social institution; a woman's prostitution is an instinct. — Karl Kraus Instinct Copy Share Image
Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline:… — Karl Kraus Ability Copy Share Image
He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
“How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read.” — Karl Kraus Lies Copy Share Image
To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
A pun, though despicable in itself, can be the noblest vehicle of an artistic intention by serving as the abbreviation of a… — Karl Kraus Abbreviations Copy Share Image
We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods; we are consumers and live in such a way that the means may consume… — Karl Kraus Consumers Copy Share Image
Most people are sick. But only a few know that this is something they can be proud of. These are the psychoanalysts. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Many women would like to dream with men without sleeping with them. Someone should point out to them that this is utterly… — Karl Kraus Dream Copy Share Image
Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
The heroes of obtrusiveness, people with whom no soldier would lie down in the trenches, though he has to submit to being… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
“Everything that’s created remains as it was before it was created. The artist fetches it down from the heavens as a finished… — Karl Kraus Art Copy Share Image
I have often been asked to be fair and view a matter from all sides. I did so, hoping that something might… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged. — Karl Kraus Feelings Copy Share Image
What is a historian? Someone who doesn't write well enough to work on a daily. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
A school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine. — Karl Kraus Alcoholic Copy Share Image
The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are. — Karl Kraus Devil Copy Share Image
Barbershop conversations are irrefutable proof that heads exist for the sake of hair. — Karl Kraus Barbershop Copy Share Image
Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions. — Karl Kraus Abortion Copy Share Image
Imagination has the right to feast in the shade of the tree that it turns into a forest. — Karl Kraus Forest Copy Share Image
A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography. — Karl Kraus Bibliophile Copy Share Image
I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak. — Karl Kraus Fright Copy Share Image
The blind won't admit that I have eyes in my head, and the deaf say that I'm dumb. — Karl Kraus Blind Copy Share Image
Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
“The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them.” — Karl Kraus Ideas Copy Share Image
