Karl Kraus Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Karl Kraus quotes, Karl Kraus sayings, and Karl Kraus proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

He who sleeps half a day has won half a life. Karl Kraus
Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love. Karl Kraus
Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves. Karl Kraus
To be perfect, one lacks only a defect. Karl Kraus
How unreliable is the woman caught being faithful! Today she is faithful to you, tomorrow to another. Karl Kraus
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer Karl Kraus
Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes. Karl Kraus
Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime. Karl Kraus
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. Karl Kraus
The superman is a premature ideal, one that presupposes man. Karl Kraus
Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse. Karl Kraus
Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world. Karl Kraus
Immortality is the only thing which doesn't tolerate being postponed. Karl Kraus
An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths. Karl Kraus
Barbershop conversations are irrefutable proof that heads exist for the sake of hair. Karl Kraus
Cosmetics is the science of a woman's cosmos. Karl Kraus
Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated. Karl Kraus
Satire chooses and knows no objects. It arises by fleeing from them and their forcing themselves upon it. Karl Kraus
A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time. Karl Kraus
It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new. Karl Kraus
On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person. Karl Kraus
It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new. Karl Kraus
The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are. Karl Kraus
The superman is a premature ideal, one that presupposes man. Karl Kraus
Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics. Karl Kraus
The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt. Karl Kraus
Let language be the divining rod that finds the sources of thought. Karl Kraus
The difference between psychiatrists and other mentally disturbed people is something like the relationship between concave and convex madness. Karl Kraus
The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are. Karl Kraus
A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful. Karl Kraus