Quotes by

Karl Kraus

The difference between psychiatrists and other mentally disturbed people is something like the relationship between concave and convex madness. – Karl Kraus

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves. – Karl Kraus

Jealousy is a dogs bark which attracts thieves. – Karl Kraus

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children dont come into the world. – Karl Kraus

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

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies. – Karl Kraus

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. – Karl Kraus

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess. – Karl Kraus

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots. – Karl Kraus

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis. – Karl Kraus

My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin. – Karl Kraus

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer. – Karl Kraus

A woman occasionally is quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation. – Karl Kraus

Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love. – Karl Kraus

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful. – Karl Kraus