The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity.
Karl KrausIt is not true that one cannot live without a woman. It is simply that one cannot have lived without one.
Karl KrausThere are two kinds of writers, those who are and those who aren't. With the first, content and form belong together like soul and body; with the second, they match each other like body and clothes.
Karl KrausThe development of technology will leave only one problem: the infirmity of human nature.
Karl Kraus