Karl Kraus: Trending quotes (page 5)

“A man's jealousy is a social institution, a woman's prostitution an instinct.”

“Nestroy's words ought to apply to an artist and an idea: "I have made a prisoner, and he won't let go of me!"”

“To be human is erroneous.”

“Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram. ”

“One cannot dictate an aphorism to a typist. It would take too long. An aphorism never coincides with the truth: it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths. ”

“The secret of the demagogue is to appear as dumb as his audience so that these people can believe themselves as smart as he.”

“How unreliable is the woman caught being faithful! Today she is faithful to you, tomorrow to another.”

“The extraordinary ability of a woman to forget is not the same as the talent of a lady not to be able to remember.”

“When the word "peace" was uttered for the first time, there was panic at the stock exchange. They screamed in pain: "We've been earning! Leave us the war! We've earned the war!"”

“Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time writing essays.”

“It so often happened to me that someone who shared my opinion kept the larger share for himself that I am now forewarned and offer people only ideas.”

“Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is made beautiful by this embrace.”

“There is no doubt that a dog is loyal. But does that mean we should emulate him? After all, he is loyal to people, not to other dogs.”