Quote #17
An illusion of depth often occurs if a blockhead is a muddlehead at the same time.
More from Karl Kraus
- A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
- Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.
- A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
- Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.
- A woman occasionally is quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation. It takes an abundance of imagination, to be sure.
- Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work.
- Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands it of a woman.
- Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.