The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are. — Karl Kraus Devil Copy Share Image
Imagination has the right to feast in the shade of the tree that it turns into a forest. — Karl Kraus Forest Copy Share Image
A school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine. — Karl Kraus Alcoholic Copy Share Image
What is a historian? Someone who doesn't write well enough to work on a daily. — Karl Kraus Enough Copy Share Image
Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged. — Karl Kraus Feelings Copy Share Image
Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime. — Karl Kraus Behinds Copy Share Image
The extraordinary ability of a woman to forget is not the same as the talent of a lady not to be able… — Karl Kraus Ability Copy Share Image
War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering;… — Karl Kraus Anti war Copy Share Image
Nowadays the thief cannot be distinguished from his victim. Neither has any valuable objects on him. — Karl Kraus Distinguished Copy Share Image
News reports stand up as people, and people wither into editorials. Clichés walk around on two legs while men are having theirs… — Karl Kraus Editorials Copy Share Image
I knew a man who carried his education in his vest pocket because there was more room there than in his head. — Karl Kraus Education 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 Day and night Copy Share Image
Technology is a servant who makes so much noise cleaning up in the next room that his master cannot make music. — Karl Kraus Cleaning Copy Share Image
There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle… — Karl Kraus Sun Copy Share Image
My respect for the inconsiderable is assuming gigantic dimensions. — Karl Kraus Assuming Copy Share Image
I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up. — Karl Kraus Life Copy Share Image
Since the day man first tried to conquer space, the earth has been mobilizing. — Karl Kraus Conquer Copy Share Image
Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match. — Karl Kraus Elemental Copy Share Image
I master only the language of others. Mine does with me what it wants. — Karl Kraus Doe Copy Share Image
You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought. — Karl Kraus Thought Copy Share Image
Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes. — Karl Kraus Commit Copy Share Image
The blind won't admit that I have eyes in my head, and the deaf say that I'm dumb. — Karl Kraus Blind Copy Share Image
An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths. — Karl Kraus Aphorism Copy Share Image
“The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them.” — Karl Kraus Ideas Copy Share Image
Let language be the divining rod that finds the sources of thought. — Karl Kraus Language Copy Share Image
Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays. — Karl Kraus Aphorism Copy Share Image
The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span. — Karl Kraus Attention Copy Share Image
If you wish to form a clear judgment on your friends, consult your dreams. — Karl Kraus Clear Copy Share Image
Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world. — Karl Kraus Family Copy Share Image
I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up. — Karl Kraus Dreams Copy Share Image
Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics. — Karl Kraus Fortune Copy Share Image
