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Karl Kraus Quotes: "Cosmetics is the science of a woman's cosmos."

Cosmetics is the science of a woman's cosmos.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "The extraordinary ability of a woman to forget is not the same as the talent of a lady not to be able to remember."

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




Karl Kraus Quotes: "What torture, this life in society! Often someone is obliging enough to offer me a light, and in order to oblige him I have to fish a cigarette out of my pocket."

What torture, this life in society! Often someone is obliging enough to offer me a light, and in order to oblige him I have to fish a cigarette out of my pocket.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "It is regarded as normal to consecrate virginity in general and to lust for its destruction in particular."

It is regarded as normal to consecrate virginity in general and to lust for its destruction in particular.




Karl Kraus Quotes: "If by day art is in the service of business, the evenings are devoted to the businessman's enjoyment of it. That is asking a lot of art, but art and the businessman make it work."

If by day art is in the service of business, the evenings are devoted to the businessman's enjoyment of it. That is asking a lot of art, but art and the businessman make it work.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "One must read all writers twice--the good as well as the bad. The one kind will be recognized; the other, unmasked."

One must read all writers twice--the good as well as the bad. The one kind will be recognized; the other, unmasked.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life."

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.




Karl Kraus Quotes: "The difference between psychiatrists and other mentally disturbed people is something like the relationship between concave and convex madness."

The difference between psychiatrists and other mentally disturbed people is something like the relationship between concave and convex madness.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Ask your neighbor only about things you know better yourself. Then his advice could prove valuable."

Ask your neighbor only about things you know better yourself. Then his advice could prove valuable.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write."

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "A snob is unreliable. The work he praises might just be good."

A snob is unreliable. The work he praises might just be good.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "A historian is often only a journalist facing backwards."

A historian is often only a journalist facing backwards.




Karl Kraus Quotes: "One cleans someone else's threshold of consciousness only if one's own home is dirty."

One cleans someone else's threshold of consciousness only if one's own home is dirty.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Talent is often a defect in character."

Talent is often a defect in character.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Blushing, palpitations, a bad conscience--this is what you get if you haven't sinned."

Blushing, palpitations, a bad conscience--this is what you get if you haven't sinned.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "The real truths are those that can be invented."

The real truths are those that can be invented.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "The psychoanalysts pick our dreams as if they were our pockets."

The psychoanalysts pick our dreams as if they were our pockets.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "News reports stand up as people, and people wither into editorials. Clichés walk around on two legs while men are having theirs shot off."

News reports stand up as people, and people wither into editorials. Clichés walk around on two legs while men are having theirs shot off.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "What the teachers digest, the pupils eat."

What the teachers digest, the pupils eat.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "There are two kinds of writers, those who are and those who aren't. With the first, content and form belong together like soul and body; with the second, they match each other like body and clothes."

There are two kinds of writers, those who are and those who aren't. With the first, content and form belong together like soul and body; with the second, they match each other like body and clothes.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Most people only do what they are asked to do; success comes to those who do a little more."

Most people only do what they are asked to do; success comes to those who do a little more.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "There are writers who can express in as little as twenty pages what I occasionally need as many as two for."

There are writers who can express in as little as twenty pages what I occasionally need as many as two for.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Life is an effort that deserves a better cause."

Life is an effort that deserves a better cause.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "You don't even live once."

You don't even live once.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Today's literature: prescriptions written by patients."

Today's literature: prescriptions written by patients.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated."

Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood."

The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "I knew a man who carried his education in his vest pocket because there was more room there than in his head."

I knew a man who carried his education in his vest pocket because there was more room there than in his head.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Many women would like to dream with men without sleeping with them. Someone should point out to them that this is utterly impossible."

Many women would like to dream with men without sleeping with them. Someone should point out to them that this is utterly impossible.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Social reform is the desperate decision to remove corns from a person suffering from cancer."

Social reform is the desperate decision to remove corns from a person suffering from cancer.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them."

Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography."

A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden"

Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Speech is the mother, not the handmaid, of thought."

Speech is the mother, not the handmaid, of thought.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime."

Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "They judge lest they be judged."

They judge lest they be judged.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Not greeting people isn't enough. One also doesn't greet people one doesn't know."

Not greeting people isn't enough. One also doesn't greet people one doesn't know.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "How powerful social mores are! Only a spider's web lies across the volcano, yet it refrains from erupting."

How powerful social mores are! Only a spider's web lies across the volcano, yet it refrains from erupting.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back."

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



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged."

Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean."

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Lord, forgive them, for they know what they do!"

Lord, forgive them, for they know what they do!



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Art is something that is so perfectly clear that no one comprehends it."

Art is something that is so perfectly clear that no one comprehends it.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "I master only the language of others. Mine does with me what it wants."

I master only the language of others. Mine does with me what it wants.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods; we are consumers and live in such a way that the means may consume the end."

We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods; we are consumers and live in such a way that the means may consume the end.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis."

One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Most people are sick. But only a few know that this is something they can be proud of. These are the psychoanalysts."

Most people are sick. But only a few know that this is something they can be proud of. These are the psychoanalysts.



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Who is going to cast out an error to which he has given birth and replace it with an adopted truth?"

Who is going to cast out an error to which he has given birth and replace it with an adopted truth?



Karl Kraus Quotes: "Technology is a servant who makes so much noise cleaning up in the next room that his master cannot make music."

Technology is a servant who makes so much noise cleaning up in the next room that his master cannot make music.