Karl kraus
Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.
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The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
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Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.
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My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.
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Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.
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A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.
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Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.
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Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.
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