quotes by Karl Kraus

"War, at first, is the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off."
— Karl Kraus

"Der Teufel ist ein Optimist, wenn er meint er könnte den Menschen schlechter machen"
— Karl Kraus

"A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer."
— Karl Kraus

"A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful. "
— Karl Kraus

"I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up"
— Karl Kraus

""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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— Karl Kraus

"Many share my views with me. But I don't share them with them"
— Karl Kraus

"Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy"
— Karl Kraus

"To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs"
— Karl Kraus

"An aphorism can never be the whole truth; it is either a half-truth or a truth-and-a-half"
— Karl Kraus

"One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis"
— Karl Kraus

"I trim my opponents to fit my arrows"
— Karl Kraus