You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought. — Karl Kraus Thought Copy Share Image
Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match. — Karl Kraus Elemental Copy Share Image
Since the day man first tried to conquer space, the earth has been mobilizing. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up. — Karl Kraus Life 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 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
Most critics write critiques which are by the authors they write critiques about. That would not be so bad, but then most… — Karl Kraus Books 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 Aversion Copy Share Image
My request that my writing be read twice has aroused great indignation. Unjustly so. After all, I do not ask that they… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
This is something that I cannot get over -- that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a… — Karl Kraus Art Copy Share Image
Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of imagination to make it work. — Karl Kraus Intercourse Copy Share Image
Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work. — Karl Kraus Democracy Copy Share Image
In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Sorrento, August. For two weeks now I haven't heard a German word or understood an Italian one. This way one can manage… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
The press, that goiter of the world, swells up with the desire for conquest and bursts with the achievements which every day… — Karl Kraus Achievement Copy Share Image
“Everything that’s created remains as it was before it was created. The artist fetches it down from the heavens as a finished… — Karl Kraus Art Copy Share Image
I have often been asked to be fair and view a matter from all sides. I did so, hoping that something might… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose… — 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 Annoyance Copy Share Image
The heroes of obtrusiveness, people with whom no soldier would lie down in the trenches, though he has to submit to being… — Karl Kraus 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 Copy Share Image
Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged. — Karl Kraus Feelings Copy Share Image
What is a historian? Someone who doesn't write well enough to work on a daily. — Karl Kraus 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
