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
today literature patient
Today's literature: prescriptions written by patients.
book literature geography
A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography.
police scandal literature
Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.
opponents literature cases
I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
writing literature aphorism
Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.
fire shells literature
The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.
attention literature culture
The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.
literature affair
I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.
want literature ideals
Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.
men literature equal
To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.
hilarious ideas literature
No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.
writing literature journalist
Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
literature consciousness psychologist
My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.
country literature might
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.