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~ Karl Kraus Quote
I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of shame even from the poor.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of imagination to make it work.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
~ Karl Kraus Quote
A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
~ Karl Kraus Quote