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
real goes-on world
The real end of the world is the destruction of the spirit; the other kind depends on the insignificant attempt to see whether after such a destruction the world can go on.
life order world
The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.
mirrors looks world
The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day; so let us settle for the mirror image and do without an inspection of the original.
world prison solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
world occupation causes
So-called psychoanalysis is the occupation of lustful rationalists who trace everything in the world to sexual causes--with the exception of their occupation.
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.