Karl Kraus's Quote - Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on

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Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on

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

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

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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

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

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Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time. – Friedrich Von Schlegel

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Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment. – Edwin P. Whipple

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So the struck eagle, stretchd upon the plain,
No more through rolling clouds to soar again,
Viewd his own feather on the fatal dart,
And wingd the shaft that quiverd in his heart. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Irony is jesting behind hidden gravity. – John Weiss

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