That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had even less business there--and paying him royalties is equivalent to cheating the actors.
Karl KrausA historian is not always a prophet facing backwards, but a journalist is always someone who afterwards knew everything beforehand.
Karl KrausThe esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.
Karl Kraus