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
Karl Kraus quotes about
funny war lying
How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.
forbidden insult love mechanical philosophy sexes sin subject time
Love between sexes is a sin in theology, a forbidden intercourse in jurisprudence, a mechanical insult in medicine, and a subject philosophy has no time for.
patriotism unattractive aversion
The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own.
might praise be-good
A snob is unreliable. The work he praises might just be good.
journalism missions intellect
It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.
plagiarism should hundred
A plagiarist should be made to copy the author a hundred times.
cheating humility doe
That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had even less business there--and paying him royalties is equivalent to cheating the actors.
palpitation blushing havens
Blushing, palpitations, a bad conscience--this is what you get if you haven't sinned.
rabbits wanted psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis: a rabbit that was swallowed by a boa constrictor just wanted to see what it was like in there.
thieves victim valuable
Nowadays the thief cannot be distinguished from his victim. Neither has any valuable objects on him.
time people democracy
Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work.
newspapers fortune metaphysics
Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics.
censorship satire forbidden
Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden
mental-illness therapy psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.