Karl Kraus

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#discard #grown-up #his #ideals #learns

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

— Karl Kraus

#fine #fulfilling #heart #his #man

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#catching #feeling #idea #legitimate #oneself

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of the latter to the former. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#behind #civilization #culture #disappear #existence

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#consequences #curses #fellow #fellow citizens #law

Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#divides #into #makes #people #provision

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

— Karl Kraus

#get #learn #life #more #need

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

— Karl Kraus

#few #many #most #pass #possess

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#epigram #feminine #masculine #passion

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#deny #does #himself #his #opportunity