An aphorism can never be the whole truth; it is either a half-truth or a truth-and-a-half. Karl Kraus More Quotes by Karl Kraus More Quotes From Karl Kraus To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs. Karl Kraus exampledogmen Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write. Karl Kraus journalistliteraturewriting Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy. Karl Kraus mental-illnessregardtherapy Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match. Karl Kraus forcestupidearthquakes To me it's still a greater miracle when a fly flies than when a human being undertakes to do so. Karl Kraus flightmiraclestills A healthy man is content with a woman. An erotic man is content with a stocking to get to a woman. A sick man is content with thestocking. Karl Kraus eroticsickmen Talent is often a defect in character. Karl Kraus defectstalentcharacter A good stylist should have narcissistic enjoyment as he works. He must be able to objectivize his work to such an extent that he catches himself feeling envious and has to jog his memory to find that he is himself the creator. In short, he must display that highest degree of objectivity which the world calls vanity. Karl Kraus vanityobjectivitymemories Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world. Karl Kraus sexualityliteratureworld One cleans someone else's threshold of consciousness only if one's own home is dirty. Karl Kraus psychologyhomedirty The extraordinary ability of a woman to forget is not the same as the talent of a lady not to be able to remember. Karl Kraus womentalentable In the theater one must sit in such a way that one sees the audience as a dark mass. Then it cannot bother one more than it does an actor. Nothing is more disturbing than being able to distinguish individuals in the crowd. Karl Kraus actorsdarkdoe There is a cultural taste which tries very hard to get rid of the lice in a fur coat. There is another which tolerates the lice and thinks the coat can be worn with them in it. And finally there is a taste which regards the lice as the most important thing about the coat and consequently places the coat at the lice's disposal. Karl Kraus importanttryingthinking An illusion of depth often occurs if a blockhead is a muddlehead at the same time Karl Kraus illusiondepthignorance Psychoanalysis: a rabbit that was swallowed by a boa constrictor just wanted to see what it was like in there. Karl Kraus psychoanalysisrabbitswanted Many women would like to dream with men without sleeping with them. Someone should point out to them that this is utterly impossible. Karl Kraus dreamsleepmen Psychology is a bus that accompanies an airplane. Karl Kraus buspsychologyairplane A good writer does not receive anywhere near the number of poison-pen letters that is commonly assumed. Among a hundred jackassesthere are not ten who will admit to being jackasses, and at most one who will put it in writing. Karl Kraus doewritingnumbers My request that my writing be read twice has aroused great indignation. Unjustly so. After all, I do not ask that they be read once. Karl Kraus requestreadingwriting I trim my opponents to fit my arrows. Karl Kraus opponentsarrowsfit
