"A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards." —Karl Kraus on Decision
"The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are." —Karl Kraus on Devil
"A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards." —Karl Kraus on Doubt
"Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots." —Karl Kraus on Education
"Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside.
Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust." —Karl Kraus on Experience
"Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves." —Karl Kraus on Irony
"Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis." —Karl Kraus on Morals
"Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust." —Karl Kraus on Wisdom