Quotes by Benjamin, Walter

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom. >>

Books and harlots have their quarrels in public. >>

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

Quotations about Masses

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rathe >>

The masses have no habit of self reliance or original action. >>

The multitude is always wrong. >>

The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception.

Benjamin, Walter