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I knew a man who carried his e...

I knew a man who carried his education in his vest pocket because there was more room there than in his head.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

A school without grades must h...

A school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

A historian is not always a pr...

A historian is not always a prophet facing backwards, but a journalist is always someone who afterwards knew everything beforehand.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

There is a shortage of clerks....

There is a shortage of clerks. Everyone is going into journalism.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

It is the mission of the press...

It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Keep your passions in check, b...

Keep your passions in check, but beware of giving your reason free rein.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

The pimp is the executive orga...

The pimp is the executive organ of immorality. The executive organ of morality is the blackmailer.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

They judge lest they be judged...

They judge lest they be judged.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Morality is a burglar's tool w...

Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Morality is the tendency to po...

Morality is the tendency to pour out the baby with the bathwater.

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The triumph of morality: A thi...

The triumph of morality: A thief who has broken into a bedroom claims his sense of shame had been outraged, and by threatening theoccupants with exposure of an immoral act he blackmails them into not bringing charges for burglary.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Let my style capture all the s...

Let my style capture all the sounds of my time. This should make it an annoyance to my contemporaries. But later generations should hold it to their ears like a seashell in which there is the music of an ocean of mud.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

I have decided many a stylisti...

I have decided many a stylistic problem first by my head, then by heads or tails.

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I have often been asked to be ...

I have often been asked to be fair and view a matter from all sides. I did so, hoping that something might improve if I viewed allsides of it. But the result was the same. So I went back to viewing things only from one side, which saves me a lot of work and disappointment. For it is comforting to regard something as bad and to be able to use one's prejudice as an excuse.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

The streets of Vienna are pave...

The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt.

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One cleans someone else's thre...

One cleans someone else's threshold of consciousness only if one's own home is dirty.

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The superman is a premature id...

The superman is a premature ideal, one that presupposes man.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

One cannot dictate an aphorism...

One cannot dictate an aphorism to a typist. It would take too long.

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The unattractive thing about c...

The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

My respect for the inconsidera...

My respect for the inconsiderable is assuming gigantic dimensions.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

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