Kraus, Karl

A lightning conductor on a church tower is the strongest imaginable vote of no confidence in God

A poet who reads is like a cook who eats

To write a feuilleton is to curl up on a bald head

A white lie is always forgivable. But whoever tells the truth without being forced to do so deserves no indulgence

Abstinence always pays back. In the one it produces pustules, in the other sexual laws

It is not enough not to have thoughts, one must also be unable to express them

It's not just about looks for a woman. The lingerie is also important

There is no limit more tempting to smuggling than the age limit

Not having a thought and being able to express it - that's what makes the journalist

Cosmetics is the study of the woman's cosmos

Art is something that is so clear that nobody understands it

Artist is just one who can turn the solution into a riddle

Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful, but what becomes beautiful as a result

One cannot overestimate a woman

One should not learn more than one absolutely needs against life

Music washes against the coast of thought

Nothing is more unfathomable than woman's superficiality

Polemics should bring the opponent's peace of mind, not bother him