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Quote by Walter Benjamin
Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life

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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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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The book borrower…proves himself to be an inveterate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he guards his borrowed treasures…as by his failure to read these books. – Walter Benjamin

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There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. – James Branch Cabell

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Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. – Saul Bellow

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When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets. – Proverb

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Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories. – From the movie An Affair to Remember, written by Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stew

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Success is often achieved by those who dont know that failure is inevitable. – Coco Chanel

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In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil. – Patanjali

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Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why youre there, all you need is the expertise and the information. – Samuel Dash

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Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years. – Author Unknown

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