Karl Kraus Quotes

The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them.

There are women who are not beautiful but only look that way.

A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Maschinelles Leben fördert, künstlerische Umgebung lähmt die innere Poesie.

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of imagination to make it work.

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

You don't even live once.

Quando il sole della cultura è basso, anche i nani hanno l'aspetto di giganti.

A weak man has doubts before a decision, a stong man has them afterwards.

Everything that’s created remains as it was before it was created. The artist fetches it down from the heavens as a finished thing. Eternity has no beginning. Poetry or a Joke: the act of creation lies between what’s self-evident and what is permanent

The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.

Life is an effort that deserves a better cause.

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman.

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.