It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean. Karl Kraus More Quotes by Karl Kraus More Quotes From Karl Kraus It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it. Karl Kraus intellectmissionsjournalism There is a shortage of clerks. Everyone is going into journalism. Karl Kraus shortagejournalismclerks Nothing is more horrible than my self in the mirror of hysteria. Nothing is more vulgar than my style in the hands of another. Toimitate me is to punish me. Karl Kraus mirrorsselfhands The agitator seizes the word. The artist is seized by it. Karl Kraus artist In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year. Karl Kraus cleaningrunningyears When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting. Karl Kraus actingreadingwriting The tyranny of necessity grants its slaves three kinds of freedom: opinion free from intellect, entertainment free from art, and orgies free from love. Karl Kraus entertainmentthreeart In case of doubt, decide in favor of what is correct. Karl Kraus favorsdecisiondoubt Why didn't Eternity have this deformed age aborted ? Its birthmark is the stamp of a newspaper, its medium is printer's ink, and in its veins flows ink. Karl Kraus veinsinkage "A cigar," said the altruist, "a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just come around; mine is always lit." Karl Kraus lightgivingmen Psychology is as useless as directions for using poison. Karl Kraus psychologyuselesspoison Today's literature: prescriptions written by patients. Karl Kraus patientliteraturetoday One can translate an editorial but not a poem. For one can go across the border naked but not without one's skin; for, unlike clothes, one cannot get a new skin. Karl Kraus clothesbordersskins Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse. Karl Kraus eroticmealscuriosity A school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine. Karl Kraus wineeducationschool A comprehensive education is a well-stocked pharmacy: but we have no assurance that potassium cyanide will not be administered fora head cold. Karl Kraus potassiumcyanideeducation What are all the orgies of Bacchus when compared to the intoxication of someone who completely surrenders to continence! Karl Kraus excesssurrendersex The blind won't admit that I have eyes in my head, and the deaf say that I'm dumb. Karl Kraus communicationdumbeye Humanity is the washerwoman of society that wrings out its dirty laundry in tears. Karl Kraus tearshumanitydirty Prussia: freedom of movement with a muzzle. Austria: an isolation cell in which screaming is allowed. Karl Kraus austriafreedomcells
