Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Humanity and bestiality: when will the former finally be uttered with the flavor of hate and the latter with the flavor of… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
A historian is not always a prophet facing backwards, but a journalist is always someone who afterwards knew everything beforehand. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
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,… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
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… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
One must read all writers twice--the good as well as the bad. The one kind will be recognized; the other, unmasked. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
The little stations are very proud because the expresses have to pass them by. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
