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
art weakness dogma
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.
dog moon sentimental
Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.
jealousy dog thieves
Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
dog men loyal
To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs.
legs men news people reports shot stand theirs walk
News reports stand up as people, and people wither into editorials. ClichTs walk around on two legs while men are having theirs shot off.
forbidden insult love mechanical philosophy sexes sin subject time
Love between sexes is a sin in theology, a forbidden intercourse in jurisprudence, a mechanical insult in medicine, and a subject philosophy has no time for.
artist seized
The agitator seizes the world. The artist is seized by it.
funny war lying
How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.
repressed
Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.
action hard surprised translate
You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought
passion giving emotion
Keep your passions in check, but beware of giving your reason free rein.
two littles pages
There are writers who can express in as little as twenty pages what I occasionally need as many as two for.
men sick healthy
A healthy man is content with a woman. An erotic man is content with a stocking to get to a woman. A sick man is content with thestocking.
education men vests
I knew a man who carried his education in his vest pocket because there was more room there than in his head.