Karl Kraus
Karl Kraus
Karl Krauswas an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He directed his satire at the press, German culture, and German and Austrian politics. The Austrian author Stefan Zweig once called Kraus "the master of venomous ridicule"...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth28 April 1874
CountryAustria
feelings religion patriotism
Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged.
forgiveness forgiving lord
Lord, forgive them, for they know what they do!
truth errors birth
Who is going to cast out an error to which he has given birth and replace it with an adopted truth?
reading writing acting
When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting.
reading kind wells
One must read all writers twice--the good as well as the bad. The one kind will be recognized; the other, unmasked.
religion society culture
When a culture feels that its end has come, it sends for a priest.
work imagination sometimes
Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of imagination to make it work.
clever stupid believe
The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.
writing skills ideas
Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.
life beautiful writing
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
literature consciousness psychologist
My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.
common language turns
My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.
stupid earthquakes force
Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.
dog men loyal
To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs.