The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.

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The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.

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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.

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There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

quote by Walter Benjamin
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The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses.

quote by Walter Benjamin
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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.

quote by Walter Benjamin
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.

quote by Walter Benjamin
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Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.

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

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

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