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Books and harlots have their quarrels in public. - Walter Benjamin

Books and harlots have their quarrels in public. – Walter Benjamin

Other quotes by Walter Benjamin

Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. – Walter Benjamin

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Death
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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. – Walter Benjamin

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Memory
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No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy. – Lyman Beecher

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I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they dont even invite me. – Dave Barry

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Argument & Debate

As debate is rare in the House of Representatives, since nearly all real business is done in the committees, it is very natural that such debate as there is should be very oratorical, should be – D. W. Brogan

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Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it. – Proverb

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Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they dont recognize you. – Bennett Cerf

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The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion. – Billy Sunday

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I dont have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress… ? No. Its not something for me. – Diane Kruger

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Christmas Eve came at last. The day was bright and beautiful, the ground crisp and hard, and the hoary trees shining like diamonds! What a happy day it brought to many, to most! Even in the poorest village a little green fir branch testified that it was Christmas Eve. – Amy Campbell, “Christmas Eve,” 1872

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Christmas Eve