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
beautiful freedom people
What do people have against convicts? Is living together in the pen of freedom, where young people engage in mutual psychology, any more beautiful?
errors humanity humans
To be human is erroneous.
friendship dream wish
If you wish to form a clear judgment on your friends, consult your dreams.
hands hysteria mirrors
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.
forgiveness forgiving lord
Lord, forgive them, for they know what they do!
truth lying white
A white lie is always pardonable. But he who tells the truth without compulsion merits no leniency.
women cosmetics cosmos
Cosmetics is the science of a woman's cosmos.
mother speech handmaids
Speech is the mother, not the handmaid, of thought.
advice neighbor better-yourself
Ask your neighbor only about things you know better yourself. Then his advice could prove valuable.
girl sex children
Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.
beauty beautiful women
A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.
success education wise
Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.
reading book book-reading
Where do I find the time for not reading so many books?
history historian backwards
A historian is often only a journalist facing backwards.