German - Philosopher | September 11, 1903 - August 6, 1969
He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.
Theodor W. Adorno
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All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.
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Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination.
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The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass.
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In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
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The whole is the false.
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In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.
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The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.
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The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.
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Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.
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Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.
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In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.
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