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When a man is treated like a ...

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Art is something that is so p...

Art is something that is so perfectly clear that no one comprehends it.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

A woman occasionally is quite...

A woman occasionally is quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

I knew a man who carried his ...

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

Insights into erotic life bel...

Insights into erotic life belong to art, not education. But sometimes these have to be spelled out for the illiterates. And it ismainly a matter of convincing the illiterates, for they are the ones who write the penal code.

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Let language be the divining ...

Let language be the divining rod that finds the sources of thought.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Ask your neighbor only about ...

Ask your neighbor only about things you know better yourself. Then his advice could prove valuable.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Love thy neighbor as thyself....

Love thy neighbor as thyself. Because each of us is his own neighbor.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

The ultimate aim of psychoana...

The ultimate aim of psychoanalysis is to attribute art to mental weakness, and then to trace the weakness back to the point where, according to analytic dogma, it originated namely, the lavatory.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

The discovery of the North Po...

The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

When I don't make any progres...

When I don't make any progress, it is because I have bumped into the wall of language. Then I draw back with a bloody head. And would like to go on.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Culture is the tacit agreemen...

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence.

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Artists have a right to be mo...

Artists have a right to be modest and a duty to be vain.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Blushing, palpitations, a bad...

Blushing, palpitations, a bad conscience--this is what you get if you haven't sinned.

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Nowadays the thief cannot be ...

Nowadays the thief cannot be distinguished from his victim. Neither has any valuable objects on him.

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Sexual enlightenment is that ...

Sexual enlightenment is that hardhearted process which for hygienic reasons forbids young people to satisfy their curiosity themselves.

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To have no ideas and being ab...

To have no ideas and being able to express them is the essence of journalism.

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My readers think that I write...

My readers think that I write for the day because my writings are based on the day. So I shall have to wait until my writings are obsolete. Then they may acquire timeliness.

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It is a mystery to me how a t...

It is a mystery to me how a theologian can be praised for having brought himself to disbelieve dogmas. I've always thought that those who have brought themselves to believe in dogmas merit the true recognition owing a heroic deed.

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I can say with pride that I h...

I can say with pride that I have spent days and nights not reading anything, and that with unflagging energy I use every moment toacquire gradually an encyclopedic lack of education.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

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