Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus (April 28, 1874 – June 12, 1936) was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He is considered the first major European satirist since Jonathan Swift. He directed his satire to the press, German culture, and German and Austrian politics.

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Quote Left Psychoanalysts are father confessors who like to listen to the sins of the father as well. Quote Right
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Quote Left Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world. Quote Right
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Quote Left A philistine is habitually bored and looks for things that won't bore him. An artist finds things boring, but is never bored. Quote Right
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Quote Left Sexual enlightenment is justified insofar as girls cannot learn too soon how children do not come into the world. Quote Right
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Quote Left Adults who still derive childlike pleasure from hanging gifts of a ready-made education on the Christmas tree of a child waiting outside the door to life do not realize how unreceptive they are making the children to everything that constitutes the true surprise of life. Quote Right
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