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
doctors diagnosis disease
One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis.
sick people proud
Most people are sick. But only a few know that this is something they can be proud of. These are the psychoanalysts.
life family privacy
Family life is an encroachment on private life.
personality acting actors
On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person.
father example causes
The new psychiatrists say that everything and anything can be traced back to sexual causes. Their method, for example, could be explained as the eroticism of father confessors.
advice neighbor better-yourself
Ask your neighbor only about things you know better yourself. Then his advice could prove valuable.
artist symphony lord
An artist should make concessions to the listener. That is why Bruckner dedicated one of his symphonies to the Good Lord.
dark actors crowds
In the theater one must sit in such a way that one sees the audience as a dark mass. Then it cannot bother one more than it does an actor. Nothing is more disturbing than being able to distinguish individuals in the crowd.
what-matters sound opinion
Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.
thieves victim valuable
Nowadays the thief cannot be distinguished from his victim. Neither has any valuable objects on him.
trust mean vain
If someone calls me vain and mean, I know that he trusts me and has something to confess to me.
pain father pride
A father's pride, laid on thick, has always made me wish that the fellow had at least experienced some pain during procreation.
age talent preserves
Many talents preserve their precociousness right into old age.
greek age boyhood
Mankind became hysterical in the Middle Ages because it poorly repressed the sexual impressions of its Greek boyhood.