To be perfect, one lacks only a defect. Karl Kraus More Quotes by Karl Kraus More Quotes From Karl Kraus It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean. Karl Kraus literaturedoemean In Berlin, things are serious but not hopeless. In Vienna, they are hopeless but not serious. Karl Kraus berlinviennaserious I have drawn from the well of language many a thought which I do not have and which I could not put into words. Karl Kraus wellslanguageideas Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life. Karl Kraus learningeducationadvice Art is something that is so perfectly clear that no one comprehends it. Karl Kraus art-isclearart You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea. Karl Kraus often-isactionideas Speech is the mother, not the handmaid, of thought. Karl Kraus handmaidsspeechmother It is regarded as normal to consecrate virginity in general and to lust for its destruction in particular. Karl Kraus normaldestructionlust There are women who are not beautiful but only look that way. Karl Kraus beautifulbeautylooks Language is the only chimera whose illusory power is endless, the inexhaustibility which keeps life from being impoverished. Let men learn to serve language. Karl Kraus endlesslanguagemen Love thy neighbor as thyself. Because each of us is his own neighbor. Karl Kraus love-thy-neighborthyselfneighbor Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom. Karl Kraus marriagesocietyliterature Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work. Karl Kraus democracytimepeople When I don't make any progress, it is because I have bumped into the wall of language. Then I draw back with a bloody head. And would like to go on. Karl Kraus progresswallwriting The pimp is the executive organ of immorality. The executive organ of morality is the blackmailer. Karl Kraus pimporgansmorality He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent. Karl Kraus ethosliteratureopportunity Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world. Karl Kraus girlchildrensex Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots. Karl Kraus wiseeducationsuccess How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print. Karl Kraus warfunnylying A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful. Karl Kraus womenbeautifulbeauty
