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Karl Kraus Quotes: Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics.
         

Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics.


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The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt.



Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.



Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.



I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.



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The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.



An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.



A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.



Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.

Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.



The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.



Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.





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