Karl Kraus Quotes
Most popular Karl Kraus Quotes
![Art serves to rinse out our eyes. - Karl Kraus quote.](/img/q/22/26422A-art-serves-to-rinse-out-our-eyes-karl-kraus.png)
Art serves to rinse out our eyes.
![Family life is an encroachment on private life. - Karl Kraus quote.](/img/q/67/30867A-family-life-is-an-encroachment-on-private-life-karl-kraus.png)
Family life is an encroachment on private life.
![Science is spectral analysis. Art is light syntheses. - Karl Kraus quote.](/img/q/91/9691A-science-is-spectral-analysis-art-is-light-syntheses-karl-kraus.png)
Science is spectral analysis. Art is light syntheses.
![Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the dishes while cleaning them. - Karl Kraus quote.](/img/q/26/41326A-truth-is-a-clumsy-servant-that-breaks-dishes-while-cleaning-karl-kraus.png)
Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the dishes while cleaning them.
![Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning. - Karl Kraus quote.](/img/q/49/40249A-stupidity-gets-up-early-that-is-why-events-are-accustomed-karl-kraus.png)
Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.
![An aphorism can never be the whole truth; it is either a half-truth or a truth-and-a-half. - Karl Kraus quote.](/img/q/86/26186A-an-aphorism-can-never-be-the-whole-truth-it-is-karl-kraus.png)
An aphorism can never be the whole truth; it is either a half-truth or a truth-and-a-half.
![An aphorism need not be true, but it should surpass the truth. It must go beyond it with one leap. - Karl Kraus quote.](/img/q/87/26187A-an-aphorism-need-not-be-true-but-it-should-surpass-karl-kraus.png)
An aphorism need not be true, but it should surpass the truth. It must go beyond it with one leap.
![Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. - Karl Kraus quote.](/img/q/14/50814A-experiences-are-savings-which-a-miser-puts-aside-wisdom-is-karl-kraus.png)
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
![The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he. - Karl Kraus quote.](/img/q/90/23990A-the-secret-of-the-demagogue-is-make-himself-as-stupid-karl-kraus.png)
The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.
!['A cigar,' said the altruist, 'a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just come around; mine is always lit.' - Karl Kraus quote.](/img/q/22/22522A-a-cigar-said-the-altruist-a-cigar-my-good-man-karl-kraus.png)
'A cigar,' said the altruist, 'a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just come around; mine is always lit.'