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  • Walter Benjamin Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information - hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Walter Lippmann Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Walter Benjamin Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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  • Walter Benjamin Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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  • Sir Walter Scott Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land!
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Sam Walter Foss Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.
    Sam Walter Foss
     
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Sir Walter Scott But with morning cool repentance came.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Bruno Walter By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.
    Bruno Walter
     
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  • Sir Walter Scott Come he slow or come he fast. It is but death who comes at last.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Walter Bagehot Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Walter Savage Landor Consult duty not events.
    Walter Savage Landor
    British poet (1775 - 1864)
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  • Walter Lippmann Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Sir Walter Scott Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Sir Walter Scott Death - the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Walter Benjamin Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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  • Sir Walter Scott Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Walter Benjamin Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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