333 Quotes by Karl Kraus

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Der Aphorismus deckt sich nie mit der Wahrheit; er ist entweder eine halbe Wahrheit oder anderthalb.

Wer Meinungen von sich gibt, darf sich auf Widersprüchen nicht ertappen lassen. Wer Gedanken hat, denkt auch zwischen den Widersprüchen.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

Quien calla una palabra es su dueño; quien la pronuncia es su esclavo.

I have to do this, as long as it is at all possible; for if those who are obliged to look after commas had always made sure they were in the right place, then Shanghai would not be burning.

There is no more unhappy being under the sun than a fetishist who pines for a boot and has to content himself with an entire woman.

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

Politics is what a man does in order to conceal what he is and what he himself does not know.