All Karl Kraus Quotes
Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.
Karl Kraus
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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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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
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Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.
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When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.'
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Justice is a whore that won't let herself be stiffed, and collects the wages of shame even from the poor.
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It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.
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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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Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?
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There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman.
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Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.
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Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work.
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