The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.
Karl KrausA school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine.
Karl KrausThe secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.
Karl KrausLanguage is the only chimera whose illusory power is endless, the inexhaustibility which keeps life from being impoverished. Let men learn to serve language.
Karl Kraus