Quotes by Benjamin, Walter

Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judg >>

Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steep >>

Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustli >>

Quotations about Etiquette

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than rea >>

A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indiffe >>

He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dre >>

He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.

Benjamin, Walter