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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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