“I master only the language of others. Mine does with me what it wants.”
Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms
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Famous Karl Kraus Quotes
“Let language be the divining rod that finds the sources of thought.”
Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms
Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms
“Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.”
Source: No Compromise: Selected Writings of Karl Kraus
“My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.”
Source: No Compromise: Selected Writings of Karl Kraus
Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms
Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms
Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms
Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms