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
fate remember pens
When I take up my pen, nothing can happen to me. Fate, remember that.
dream sleep men
Many women would like to dream with men without sleeping with them. Someone should point out to them that this is utterly impossible.
beautiful freedom people
What do people have against convicts? Is living together in the pen of freedom, where young people engage in mutual psychology, any more beautiful?
hate humanity tears
Humanity and bestiality: when will the former finally be uttered with the flavor of hate and the latter with the flavor of love? Does a lion tear his fellow lion to pieces?
dirty humanity tears
Humanity is the washerwoman of society that wrings out its dirty laundry in tears.
errors humanity humans
To be human is erroneous.
hands hysteria mirrors
Nothing is more horrible than my self in the mirror of hysteria. Nothing is more vulgar than my style in the hands of another. Toimitate me is to punish me.
education potassium cyanide
A comprehensive education is a well-stocked pharmacy: but we have no assurance that potassium cyanide will not be administered fora head cold.
education teacher pupils
What the teachers digest, the pupils eat.
broken triumph thieves
The triumph of morality: A thief who has broken into a bedroom claims his sense of shame had been outraged, and by threatening theoccupants with exposure of an immoral act he blackmails them into not bringing charges for burglary.
judging morality judged
They judge lest they be judged.
pimp morality organs
The pimp is the executive organ of immorality. The executive organ of morality is the blackmailer.
passion giving emotion
Keep your passions in check, but beware of giving your reason free rein.
journalism missions intellect
It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.