Quote by Walter Benjamin
The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reali

The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception. – Walter Benjamin

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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. – Walter Benjamin

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Criticism
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All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate. – Walter Benjamin

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Charity
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The voice of the majority is no proof of justice. – Friedrich von Schiller

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Masses

The mind of the people is like mud, from which arise strange and beautiful things. – W. J. Turner

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Masses

Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob. – Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

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Masses

The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction. – Harry S Truman

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Everything great in the world is done by neurotics; they alone founded our religions and created our masterpieces. – Marcel Proust

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