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
german-language littles today
Heinrich Heine so loosened the corsets of the German language that today every little salesman can fondle her breasts.
people use language
The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood.
men language endless
Language is the only chimera whose illusory power is endless, the inexhaustibility which keeps life from being impoverished. Let men learn to serve language.
ideas language wells
I have drawn from the well of language many a thought which I do not have and which I could not put into words.
language source
Let language be the divining rod that finds the sources of thought.
common language turns
My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.
mother language
Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.
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.