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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Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization...

Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization...

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

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.

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.

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

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

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

He who integrates is lost.

He who integrates is lost.

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...

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself,...

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself,...

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

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

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...

No emancipation without that of society.

No emancipation without that of society.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

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...

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own...

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own...

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.