333 Quotes by Karl Kraus

Insights into erotic life belong to art, not education. But sometimes these have to be spelled out for the illiterates. And it ismainly a matter of convincing the illiterates, for they are the ones who write the penal code.

Humanity is the washerwoman of society that wrings out its dirty laundry in tears.

To be perfect, one lacks only a defect.

Most people only do what they are asked to do; success comes to those who do a little more.

Family life is an encroachment on private life.

I have decided many a stylistic problem first by my head, then by heads or tails.

How powerful social mores are! Only a spider's web lies across the volcano, yet it refrains from erupting.

The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt.

Love thy neighbor as thyself. Because each of us is his own neighbor.