Quote by Walter Benjamin
Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ec

Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation. – 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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Charity
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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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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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Behold, I was shapened in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Psalms 51:5 – Bible

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Do not breed. Nothing gives less pleasure than childbearing. Pregnancies are damaging to health, spoil the figure, wither the charms, and its the cloud of uncertainty forever hanging over these events that darkens a husbands mood. – Marquis De Sade

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Birth

Abortion is a skillfully marketed product sold to women at a crisis time in their life. If the product is defective, she cant return it for a refund. – Carol Evertt

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Birth

What a strange thing is the propagation of life! A bubble of seed which may be spilt in a whores lap, or in the orgasm of a voluptuous dream, might (for aught we know) have formed a Caesar or a Bonaparte — there is nothing remarkable recorded of their sires, that I know of. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Birth

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It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins. – Jerome Cady

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Where do you think Id be next week if I didnt know how to shout and holler and make the public take notice? Id be poor and Id probably be down in my home town, washing windows or running an elevator and saying – Muhammad Ali

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When some people retire, its going to be mighty hard to be able to tell the difference. – Virginia Graham

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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you. – Author Unknown

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