Karl Kraus Quotes
Karl Kraus Quotes
Wo nehm ich nur all die Zeit her, so viel nicht zu lesen?
1450Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
1871Politics is what a man does in order to conceal what he is and what he himself does not know.
2801A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.
3699Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws.
4218How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.
2619War: first, one hopes to win;
then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering;
in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.
4843The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.
3973Es gibt Menschen, die es zeitlebens einem Bettler nachtragen, daß sie ihm nichts gegeben haben.
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