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Walter Benjamin Quotes: You could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his tastes, his interest, his habits.
         

You could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his tastes, his interest, his habits.


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Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.



The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.

The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.



Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.



To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.



Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.



The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.



Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.



There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.



The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe

The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe



All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.





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If you know how it is to be without food then you will appreciate your daily provisions.

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The gods made the world round so that we could never see too far into our own futuer.

The gods made the world round so that we could never see too far into our own futuer.



Our reasonings grasp at straws for premises and float on gossamers for deductions.

Our reasonings grasp at straws for premises and float on gossamers for deductions.



Photogenic is a stupid, nonsensical word, but it is also a great mystery.

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In terms of hardline right-wing people on television, there's some people that make me cringe when I change the channel.

In terms of hardline right-wing people on television, there's some people that make me cringe when I change the channel.



Rome didn't create an Empire by holding meetings - they did it by killing their enemies.

Rome didn't create an Empire by holding meetings - they did it by killing their enemies.



If you really want to know something, you have to be willing to pay the price.

If you really want to know something, you have to be willing to pay the price.



Life is a lemon and I want my money back.

Life is a lemon and I want my money back.



Are we at last brought to such an humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?

Are we at last brought to such an humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?



Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.

Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.




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