One cleans someone else's threshold of consciousness only if one's own home is dirty. Karl Kraus More Quotes by Karl Kraus More Quotes From Karl Kraus Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower. Karl Kraus idealsliteraturewant Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me any longer. Karl Kraus satirelittlespeople To write a novel may be pure pleasure. To live a novel presents certain difficulties. As for reading a novel, I do my best to get out of it. Karl Kraus readingwritingmay The psychoanalysts pick our dreams as if they were our pockets. Karl Kraus psychoanalysispocketsdream Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves. Karl Kraus thievesjealousydog My readers think that I write for the day because my writings are based on the day. So I shall have to wait until my writings are obsolete. Then they may acquire timeliness. Karl Kraus waitingwritingthinking How powerful social mores are! Only a spider's web lies across the volcano, yet it refrains from erupting. Karl Kraus volcanoespowerfullying Most people only do what they are asked to do; success comes to those who do a little more. Karl Kraus littlespeople Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. Karl Kraus savingexperiencewisdom Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime. Karl Kraus merittoolslying The new psychiatrists say that everything and anything can be traced back to sexual causes. Their method, for example, could be explained as the eroticism of father confessors. Karl Kraus causesexamplefather Since the day man first tried to conquer space, the earth has been mobilizing. Karl Kraus spaceearthmen I like to hold a monologue with women. But a dialogue with myself is more stimulating. Karl Kraus monologuesdialogueconversation Many share my views with me. But I don't share them with them. Karl Kraus agreementviewsshare Nowadays the thief cannot be distinguished from his victim. Neither has any valuable objects on him. Karl Kraus valuablethievesvictim Blushing, palpitations, a bad conscience--this is what you get if you haven't sinned. Karl Kraus palpitationblushinghavens Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays. Karl Kraus aphorismliteraturewriting The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span. Karl Kraus literatureattentionculture The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood. Karl Kraus languageusepeople A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire! Karl Kraus desireheartmen
