If you wish to form a clear judgment on your friends, consult your dreams. — Karl Kraus Clear 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 Annoyance Copy Share Image
Language is the only chimera whose illusory power is endless, the inexhaustibility which keeps life from being impoverished. Let men learn to… — Karl Kraus Chimera Copy Share Image
Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged. — Karl Kraus Feelings Copy Share Image
Ingratitude is often disproportionate to the benefaction received. — Karl Kraus Gratitude Copy Share Image
Prussia: freedom of movement with a muzzle. Austria: an isolation cell in which screaming is allowed. — Karl Kraus Austria 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 Accounts 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
How unreliable is the woman caught being faithful! Today she is faithful to you, tomorrow to another. — Karl Kraus Being faithful Copy Share Image
It so often happened to me that someone who shared my opinion kept the larger share for himself that I am now… — Karl Kraus Forewarned Copy Share Image
That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before… — Karl Kraus Actors 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
A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography. — Karl Kraus Bibliophiles Copy Share Image
Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the dishes while washing them. — Karl Kraus Break Copy Share Image
Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow. — Karl Kraus Character Copy Share Image
The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span. — Karl Kraus Attention Copy Share Image
One's need for loneliness is not satisfied if one sits at a table alone. There must be empty chairs as well. — Karl Kraus Chairs Copy Share Image
When I don't make any progress, it is because I have bumped into the wall of language. Then I draw back with… — Karl Kraus Bloody Copy Share Image
Immortality is the only thing which doesn't tolerate being postponed. — Karl Kraus Death Copy Share Image
So-called psychoanalysis is the occupation of lustful rationalists who trace everything in the world to sexual causes--with the exception of their occupation. — Karl Kraus Causes Copy Share Image
You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought. — Karl Kraus Philosophy of Mind Copy Share Image
In Berlin, things are serious but not hopeless. In Vienna, they are hopeless but not serious. — Karl Kraus Berlin Copy Share Image
