Aphorism Quote by Karl Kraus Download Open image “Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.” — Karl Kraus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Aphorism Essays Should Time Writing
Aphorisms are essentially an aristocratic genre of writing. The aphorist does not argue or explain, he asserts; and implicit in his assertion is a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The trick to writing an aphorism is to place a period at the point where you're inclined to say, "in other words.... — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain. — James Geary Copy Share Image
When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories. — James Geary Copy Share Image
Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Essayists, like poets, are born and not made, and for one worth remembering, the world is confronted with a hundred not worth reading. Your… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
A writer can write an essay, but the writer can never control how that essay is interpreted by the reader. — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
A historian is not always a prophet facing backwards, but a journalist is always someone who afterwards knew everything beforehand. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all,… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
One must read all writers twice--the good as well as the bad. The one kind will be recognized; the other, unmasked. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
The little stations are very proud because the expresses have to pass them by. — Karl Kraus 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 Copy Share Image
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“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
A journal takes the place of a confidant, that is, of friend or wife; it becomes a substitute for production, a substitute for country… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people at the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
