333 Quotes by Karl Kraus

When the sun of culture is low, even dwarves will cast long shadows.

One must read all writers twice – the good as well as the bad. The one kind will be recognized; the other, unmasked.

So-called psychoanalysis is the occupation of lustful rationalists who trace everything in the world to sexual causes – with the exception of their occupation.

How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read.

Cosmetics is the science of a woman’s cosmos.

That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had even less business there – and paying him royalties is equivalent to cheating the actors.

A father’s pride, laid on thick, has always made me wish that the fellow had at least experienced some pain during procreation.

Soldiers who don’t know what they’re fighting for know, nevertheless, what they’re not fighting for.

A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time.