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«Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden»
Author: Karl Kraus
(Critic, Journalist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Language
| Keywords:
handmaiden, handmaidens
«Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid»
«Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves»
Author: Karl Kraus
(Critic, Journalist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Jealousy
| Keywords:
attracts, thieves
«Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.»
Author: Karl Kraus
(Critic, Journalist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
corruption, endanger, endangers, former, invariably, latter, prostitution
«Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.»
Author: Karl Kraus
(Critic, Journalist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
deadline, deadlines, improved, journalist, writes
«A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.»
Author: Karl Kraus
(Critic, Journalist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
riddle, riddled, riddles, riddling
«Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match»
Author: Karl Kraus
(Critic, Journalist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Stupidity
| Keywords:
earthquake, elemental, match
«A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.»
«To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all»
Author: Karl Kraus
(Critic, Journalist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Men
| Keywords:
contempt, jackass, Jackasses
«The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span»
Author: Karl Kraus
(Critic, Journalist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Press
| Keywords:
attention span, destroying, mission, Mission of, span, The Mission
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