30 Karl Kraus Quotes for You to Enjoy

Karl Kraus

Austrian Writer

Born: Apr 28, 1874

Died: Jun 12, 1936

His Life More People Time World

Related authors: Ayn Rand Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Niccolo Machiavelli Thomas Mann Thomas Paine Voltaire

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves. Karl Kraus

Jealousy Dog Thieves Attracts Which Bark

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid. Karl Kraus

You Solitude People Would Would-Be Could Pick Ideal Avoid

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant. Karl Kraus

Trouble Fire Shells Germans Quotations Them Kant

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean. Karl Kraus

Better Does Than Mean Means Express

Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match. Karl Kraus

Stupidity Earthquake Force Match Which Elemental

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom. Karl Kraus

Martyrdom Matrimony Meanness Union

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new. Karl Kraus

Old Style Console Ability Something Something New Idealism New Loss Itself

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

Education Few Possess Most Pass Many Receive

You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea. Karl Kraus

You Action Idea How Surprised Often Translate Hard

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow. Karl Kraus

Christian Lust Follow Morality Remorse Precede Then

I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am. Karl Kraus

Me More Becomes Am Than Anyone Who Popular

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world. Karl Kraus

World Sexuality Some Well Families Repressed Poorly Whole

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all. Karl Kraus

Me Men Everywhere Equal Contempt Same Them

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up. Karl Kraus

Vision Walk Saw Open Had Terrible Him Encyclopedia Up

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs. Karl Kraus

Like Affairs Private Meddle

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself. Karl Kraus

Feeling Birth Oneself Idea Catching Legitimate

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it. Karl Kraus

Police Scandal Put Begins Stop

A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire! Karl Kraus

Man Woman Heart World Fine His Which Fulfilling Desire

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back. Karl Kraus

Word Back Distance Takes Look Looks Greater Closer Which

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist. Karl Kraus

Communication Journalist Ability Ideas Them Express

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays. Karl Kraus

Time Someone Write His Essays Aphorism Should Who Away

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span. Karl Kraus

Attention Span Culture Press Destroying Attention Mission Spread While Span

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