In these great times which I knew when they were this small; which will become small again, provided they have time left… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Let my style capture all the sounds of my time. This should make it an annoyance to my contemporaries. But later generations… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
I can say with pride that I have spent days and nights not reading anything, and that with unflagging energy I use… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
"A cigar," said the altruist, "a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just… — 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
