Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves. Karl Kraus More Quotes by Karl Kraus More Quotes From Karl Kraus There are writers who can express in as little as twenty pages what I occasionally need as many as two for. Karl Kraus twentiestwoneeds Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram. Karl Kraus masculine-and-femininepassionepic What is a historian? Someone who doesn't write well enough to work on a daily. Karl Kraus historianenoughwriting Parliamentarianism means putting political prostitution in barracks. Karl Kraus prostitutionpoliticalmean A snob is unreliable. The work he praises might just be good. Karl Kraus snobpraisemight One's need for loneliness is not satisfied if one sits at a table alone. There must be empty chairs as well. Karl Kraus solitudelonelinessneeds The little stations are very proud because the expresses have to pass them by. Karl Kraus proudpridelittles An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself. Karl Kraus feelingswritingideas One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis. Karl Kraus diagnosisdoctorsdisease Most people are sick. But only a few know that this is something they can be proud of. These are the psychoanalysts. Karl Kraus sickproudpeople Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children? Karl Kraus armyplaychildren The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality. But off the stage the fire must be able to reconvert the steam into body. Karl Kraus actingfireart It is uplifting to lose one?s faith in a reality which looks the way it is described in a newspaper. Karl Kraus upliftingrealitylooks The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity. Karl Kraus perseveranceopportunityreality It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new. Karl Kraus stylesomething-newloss Technology is a servant who makes so much noise cleaning up in the next room that his master cannot make music. Karl Kraus musictechnologynoise Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning. Karl Kraus up-earlystupiditymorning On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person. Karl Kraus actorsactingpersonality There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything. Karl Kraus diversityjusticepeople Contemporaries live from second hand to mouth. Karl Kraus second-handmouthshands
