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Quote by Walter Benjamin
The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far m

The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions. – Walter Benjamin

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He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest. – Walter Benjamin

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Manners
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Walter Benjamin
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Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles and joints that one has to know. – Walter Benjamin

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Opinion
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A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes. – Claude Bernard

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I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious — because the obvious is what people need to be told. – Dale Carnegie

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Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts. – Francis Bacon

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If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you dont get all the facts, it cant be right. – Bernard Baruch

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