Quotes by Benjamin, Walter

We have long forgotten the ritual by which the house of our life was e >>

The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much >>

The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality i >>

Quotations about Beggars

As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to ta >>

God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, wh >>

Beggars should be entirely abolished! Truly, it is annoying to give to >>

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.

Benjamin, Walter