It is a mystery to me how a theologian can be praised for having brought himself to disbelieve dogmas. I've always thought… — Karl Kraus Believe Copy Share Image
It is regarded as normal to consecrate virginity in general and to lust for its destruction in particular. — Karl Kraus Destruction Copy Share Image
Adults who still derive childlike pleasure from hanging gifts of a ready-made education on the Christmas tree of a child waiting outside… — Karl Kraus Adults Copy Share Image
The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day; so let us settle for the mirror… — Karl Kraus Creativity Copy Share Image
One can translate an editorial but not a poem. For one can go across the border naked but not without one's skin;… — Karl Kraus Borders Copy Share Image
A woman occasionally is quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation. — Karl Kraus Inspirational Copy Share Image
Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays. — Karl Kraus Aphorism Copy Share Image
When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting. — Karl Kraus Acting Copy Share Image
When I take up my pen, nothing can happen to me. Fate, remember that. — Karl Kraus Destiny Copy Share Image
A father's pride, laid on thick, has always made me wish that the fellow had at least experienced some pain during procreation. — Karl Kraus Father Copy Share Image
A school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine. — Karl Kraus Alcoholics Copy Share Image
If someone calls me vain and mean, I know that he trusts me and has something to confess to me. — Karl Kraus Call me Copy Share Image
The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood. — Karl Kraus Clarity Copy Share Image
Psychoanalysis: a rabbit that was swallowed by a boa constrictor just wanted to see what it was like in there. — Karl Kraus Psychoanalysis Copy Share Image
Anesthesia: wounds without pain. Neurasthenia: pain without wounds. — Karl Kraus Anesthesia Copy Share Image
“A weak man has doubts before a decision, a stong man has them afterwards.” — Karl Kraus Decision making Copy Share Image
A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time — Karl Kraus Deadline Copy Share Image
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable. — Karl Kraus Confinement Copy Share Image
