Karl Kraus Quotes

Wo nehm ich nur all die Zeit her, so viel nicht zu lesen?

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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

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Politics is what a man does in order to conceal what he is and what he himself does not know.

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A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws.

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How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

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War: 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.

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The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

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Es gibt Menschen, die es zeitlebens einem Bettler nachtragen, daß sie ihm nichts gegeben haben.

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