Karl Kraus
Austrian writer
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
An aphorism never coincides with the truth: it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.
—Karl Kraus, Austrian writer, Riddles, 1976
Posted on June 1, 1999 at 8:38 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.
—Karl Kraus, Die Fackel
Posted on February 18, 2003 at 7:38 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The agitator seizes the word. The artist is seized by it.
—Karl Kraus
Posted on April 23, 2002 at 9:50 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
—Karl Kraus, Pro Domo et Mundo
Posted on February 19, 2002 at 11:33 AM
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