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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

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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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. – Walter Benjamin

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Art
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The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again. – Walter Benjamin

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Past, the
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Other Quotes from
Argument & Debate
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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy — but he who has shown the better temper. – Samuel Butler

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It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it. – Proverb

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Argument & Debate

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about – Robert Benchley

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Argument & Debate

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. – Aesop

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Argument & Debate

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Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. – Horace

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I like my name. My mom named me after a song by the 1970s group Bread. So, its meaningful, and I like the song. Its a love song – kind of – but its kind of depressing and dark. – Aubrey Plaza

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Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit. – Freda Adler

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