Quote by Walter Benjamin
The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betra

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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Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. – Walter Benjamin

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Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred. – Walter Benjamin

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Those who have free seats at a play hiss first. – Chinese Proverb

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Never criticize a man until youve walked a mile in his moccasins. – American Indian Proverb

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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friends forehead. – Chinese Proverb

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The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, providing you back it up with a Ph.D. – Nelson Algren

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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling. – Barry Goldwater

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