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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.

Karl Kraus

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.

Tags: imagination, truth, life, reporter

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

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.

Tags: war

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Karl Kraus may refer to:

Karl Kraus (writer) (1874–1936), Austrian writer and journalist
Karl Kraus (physicist) (1938–1988), German theoretical physicist

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

Karl Kraus

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

Tags: devil, people

War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.

Karl Kraus

War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.

Tags: war

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

Karl Kraus

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

Tags: ideas, ability, express

He who gladly does without the praise of the crowd will not miss the opportunity of becoming his own fan.

Karl Kraus

He who gladly does without the praise of the crowd will not miss the opportunity of becoming his own fan.

Tags: praise, flattery

Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.

Karl Kraus

Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.

Tags: fools, foolishness

In case of doubt decide in favor of what is correct.

Karl Kraus

In case of doubt decide in favor of what is correct.

Tags: decisions, doubts, uncertainties

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

Karl Kraus

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

Tags: life, prison, solitude

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

Karl Kraus

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

Tags: writer, writers, writing

Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws.

Karl Kraus

Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws.

Tags: chastity, humor, sex

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Karl Kraus

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Tags: beauty

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Karl Kraus

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

Tags: cemocracy, humour

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Karl Kraus

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Tags: art, science, light, analysis

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Karl Kraus

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Tags: jealousy, dog, thieves, which

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

Karl Kraus

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

Tags: experience, wisdom, savings, experiences

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.

Karl Kraus

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.

Tags: education, children, world, sex

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

Karl Kraus

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

Tags: education

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.

Karl Kraus

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.

Tags: education