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Quotes from Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths — Karl Kraus

1874–1936 Austria

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The secret of the demagogue is to appear as dumb as his audience so that these people can believe themselves as smart as he.

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time writing essays.

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

Squeeze human nature into a straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear!

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

Only he is an artist who can make a riddle out of a solution.

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

The development of technology will leave only one problem: the infirmity of human nature.

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

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

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former.

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

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.

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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.

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The immorality of men triumphs over the amorality of women.

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Nothing is more unfathomable than a woman's superficiality.

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Karl Kraus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.