The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.

Quote by Karl Kraus

Topics: Karl Kraus Quotes

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom;...

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom;...

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old...

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it...

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it...

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity...

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity...

Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of...

Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of...

Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.

Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose...

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted...

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted...

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the...

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the...

Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.

Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference