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Quote by Walter Benjamin
The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again. – Walter Benjamin

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It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed. – 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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What is past and cannot be prevented should not be grieved for. – American Indian Proverb

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Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten. – Proverb

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The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. – Henri Bergson

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In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past – Henri Frederic Amiel

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