German - Critic | July 15, 1892 - September 26, 1940
Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
Walter Benjamin
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It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us.
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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.
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Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.
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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion.
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He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.
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