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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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The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. – Walter Benjamin

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Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information — hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations. – Walter Benjamin

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

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Memory
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It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. – P.D. James

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The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory. – Author Unknown

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Memory

The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust. – Elizabeth Bowen

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The happiest memories are of moments that ended when they should have. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Memory

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What harsh judges fathers are to all young men! – Terence

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Im in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy. – Norman Jewison

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Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. – Mark Twain

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