Karl Kraus Quotes

Austrian - Writer | April 28, 1874 - June 12, 1936

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram.

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Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

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EducationPassMostManyFew

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

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CommunicationIdeasAbilityExpress

You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.

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ActionYouHardIdeaSurprisedHow

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

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I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am.

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I AmMeMoreWhoThanPopular

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.

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WorldSexualityWellWholeSome

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.

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MenMeSameEqualContemptThem

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.

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LawSorryConsequencesCitizensMost

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

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BetterMeanThanMeansExpressDoes

I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

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