Karl Kraus Quotes About Morality

Quotes about: Morality

• Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.

  Karl Kraus

  Boredom, Literature, Disease

  "Karl Kraus". Book by Harry Zohn, p. 47, 1971.

• The pimp is the executive organ of immorality. The executive organ of morality is the blackmailer.

  Karl Kraus

  Pimp, Morality, Organs

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & one-and-a-half truths: selected aphorisms”

• Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

  Karl Kraus

  Christian, Lust, Morality

  Karl Kraus (1977). “No Compromise: Selected Writings of Karl Kraus”, Frederick Ungar

• The immorality of men triumphs over the amorality of women.

  Karl Kraus

  Women, Triumph, Morality

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms”

• Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime.

  Karl Kraus

  Lying, Merit, Tools

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & one-and-a-half truths: selected aphorisms”

• Morality is the tendency to pour out the baby with the bathwater.

  Karl Kraus

  Baby, Morality, Tendencies

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & one-and-a-half truths: selected aphorisms”

• The triumph of morality: A thief who has broken into a bedroom claims his sense of shame had been outraged, and by threatening theoccupants with exposure of an immoral act he blackmails them into not bringing charges for burglary.

  Karl Kraus

  Broken, Triumph, Thieves

• Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged.

  Karl Kraus

  Feelings, Patriotism, Religion

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & one-and-a-half truths: selected aphorisms”

• They judge lest they be judged.

  Karl Kraus

  Judging, Morality, Judged

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & one-and-a-half truths: selected aphorisms”

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