Karl Kraus Quotes


To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.


Citations

Kraus, Karl. Half-Truths & One-and-a-Half Truths: Selected Aphorisms. Translated by Harry Zohn, University of Chicago Press, 1990.

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Karl Kraus
Karl Kraus
  • Born: April 28, 1874
  • Died: June 13, 1936
  • Nationality: Austrian
  • Profession: Writer

Karl Kraus was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He directed his satire at the press, German culture, and German and Austrian politics. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.