Memorable Quotes and quotations from Karl KrausKarl Kraus Austrian author and journalist (1874 - 1936)Karl Kraus - - How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read. Karl Kraus - - Life is an effort that deserves a better cause. Karl Kraus - - The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them. Karl Kraus - - Psychoanalysts are father confessors who like to listen to the sins of the father as well. Karl Kraus - - A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards. Karl Kraus - - Psychoanalysis is that mental illnes for which it regards itself a therapy. Karl Kraus - - Where do I find the time for not reading so many books? Karl Kraus - - The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable. Karl Kraus - - Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess. Karl Kraus - - Sexual enlightenment is justified insofar as girls cannot learn too soon how children do not come into the world. Karl Kraus - - Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid. Karl Kraus - - What torture, this life in society! Often someone is obliging enough to offer me a light, and in order to oblige him I have to fish a cigarette out of my pocket. Karl Kraus - - Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws. |
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