Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.
From Theodor Adorno
In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid system that makes them so.
Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.
In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.
Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.
Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.
Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.
Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.
Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.
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