Karl Kraus idézet

Karl Kraus osztrák költő, esszéista és újságíró.

✵ 28. április 1874 – 12. június 1936
Karl Kraus fénykép
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Karl Kraus: Idézetek angolul

“I am not for women but against men.”

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

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

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

“The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people meaner.”

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

“The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.”

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

“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.”

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
Kontextus: 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. http://books.google.com/books?id=T9V0j2sfPpUC&q=%22there+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%22&pg=PA109#v=onepage

“A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.”

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

“You don't even live once.”

Half-Truths and One-and-a-Half Truths: Selected Aphorisms
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

“One shouldn't learn more than what one absolutely needs against life.”

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

“The real truths are those that can be invented.”

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

“Hate must make a person productive; otherwise one might as well love.”

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

“A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!”

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

“There are women who are not beautiful but only look that way.”

Karl Kraus Sprüche und Widersprüche

Sprüche und Widersprüche (Dicta and Contradictions) (1909); as translated by Richard Hanser