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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.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

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.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Nowadays the thief cannot be ...

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

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Sexual enlightenment is that ...

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

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.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

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

To have no ideas and being ab...

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

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

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.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Nothing is more horrible than...

Nothing is more horrible than my self in the mirror of hysteria. Nothing is more vulgar than my style in the hands of another. Toimitate me is to punish me.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

To me it's still a greater mi...

To me it's still a greater miracle when a fly flies than when a human being undertakes to do so.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Why didn't Eternity have this...

Why didn't Eternity have this deformed age aborted ? Its birthmark is the stamp of a newspaper, its medium is printer's ink, and in its veins flows ink.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

I like to hold a monologue wi...

I like to hold a monologue with women. But a dialogue with myself is more stimulating.

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

If someone calls me vain and ...

If someone calls me vain and mean, I know that he trusts me and has something to confess to me.

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One can translate an editoria...

One can translate an editorial but not a poem. For one can go across the border naked but not without one's skin; for, unlike clothes, one cannot get a new skin.

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Children today laugh at fathe...

Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn it.

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A journalist is stimulated by...

A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time

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Christianity has enriched the...

Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.

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Humanity and bestiality: when...

Humanity and bestiality: when will the former finally be uttered with the flavor of hate and the latter with the flavor of love? Does a lion tear his fellow lion to pieces?

Karl Kraus 344 quotes

Through my satire I make litt...

Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me any longer.

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