Karl Kraus
Karl Kraus
Karl Krauswas an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He directed his satire at the press, German culture, and German and Austrian politics. The Austrian author Stefan Zweig once called Kraus "the master of venomous ridicule"...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth28 April 1874
CountryAustria
people littles satire
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.
ideas people opinion
It so often happened to me that someone who shared my opinion kept the larger share for himself that I am now forewarned and offer people only ideas.
gratitude ingratitude
Ingratitude is often disproportionate to the benefaction received.
pain anesthesia without-pain
Anesthesia: wounds without pain. Neurasthenia: pain without wounds.
criticism abbreviations artistic
A pun, though despicable in itself, can be the noblest vehicle of an artistic intention by serving as the abbreviation of a wittyview. It can be a social criticism in the form of an epigram.
games chess diplomacy
Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated.
law wish desire
Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former.
miracle flight stills
To me it's still a greater miracle when a fly flies than when a human being undertakes to do so.
cheating humility doe
That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had even less business there--and paying him royalties is equivalent to cheating the actors.
freedom cells austria
Prussia: freedom of movement with a muzzle. Austria: an isolation cell in which screaming is allowed.
faithful today tomorrow
How unreliable is the woman caught being faithful! Today she is faithful to you, tomorrow to another.
ideas essence able
To have no ideas and being able to express them is the essence of journalism.
baby morality tendencies
Morality is the tendency to pour out the baby with the bathwater.
sex excess surrender
What are all the orgies of Bacchus when compared to the intoxication of someone who completely surrenders to continence!