Social reform is the desperate decision to remove corns from a person suffering from cancer. — Karl Kraus Cancer Copy Share Image
Imagination has the right to feast in the shade of the tree that it turns into a forest. — Karl Kraus Forests Copy Share Image
Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands it of a woman. — Karl Kraus Character Copy Share Image
Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess. — Karl Kraus Education Copy Share Image
Art is something that is so perfectly clear that no one comprehends it. — Karl Kraus Art Copy Share Image
If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies. — Karl Kraus Imagination Copy Share Image
Nothing is more horrible than my self in the mirror of hysteria. Nothing is more vulgar than my style in the hands… — Karl Kraus Hands Copy Share Image
Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes. — Karl Kraus Commit 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 Agreement Copy Share Image
I have to do this, as long as it is at all possible; for if those who are obliged to look after… — Karl Kraus Burning 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 Activity Copy Share Image
Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots. — Karl Kraus Education Copy Share Image
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. — Karl Kraus Experience Copy Share Image
When I want to go to sleep, I must first get a whole menagerie of voices to shut up. You wouldn't believe… — Karl Kraus Believe Copy Share Image
My respect for the inconsiderable is assuming gigantic dimensions. — Karl Kraus Assuming Copy Share Image
Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is made beautiful by this embrace. — Karl Kraus Art Copy Share Image
An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself. — Karl Kraus Birth Copy Share Image
The tyranny of necessity grants its slaves three kinds of freedom: opinion free from intellect, entertainment free from art, and orgies free… — Karl Kraus Art Copy Share Image
Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write. — Karl Kraus Writing Copy Share Image
