He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image of the past, but to the past itself.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of...

Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of...

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination.

Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination.

The whole is the false.

The whole is the false.

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden...

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden...

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one...

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one...

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who integrates is lost.

He who integrates is lost.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the...

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the...

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.