A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
Karl Kraus Quotes
1874–1936 Austria
Karl Kraus (28 April 1874 – 12 June 1936) was an Austrian journalist, satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet.
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Also known as: Karl Kraus, Kraus, Karl
93 quotes
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
What is the Ninth Symphony compared to a Tin Pan Alley hit played on a hurdy-gurdy and a memory?
Sprüche und Widersprüche [Dicta and Contradictions (1909)
Solitude would be an ideal state if one were able to pick the people one avoids.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands it of a woman.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
Hate must make a person productive; otherwise one might as well love.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
One shouldn't learn more than what one absolutely needs against life.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
Education is what most people receive, many pass on, and few have.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people meaner.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
The superman is a premature ideal, one that presupposes a man.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
The immorality of men triumphs over the amorality of women.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
Nothing is more unfathomable than a woman's superficiality.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
The woman takes one for all, and the man all for one.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
Family life is an encroachment on private life.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
Life is an effort that deserves a better cause.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Karl Kraus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.