"Literature exists at the same time in the……" — Paul de Man
"Literature exists at the same time in the modes of error and truth; it both betrays and obeys its own mode of being."
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13 Quotes by Paul de Man
Paul de Man has 13 quotes on this site.
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Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at…
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Curiously enough, it seems to be only in describing a mode of language which does not mean what it says…
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The ambivalence of writing is such that it can be considered both an act and an interpretive process that follows…
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If one reads too quickly or too slowly, one understands nothing.
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Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.
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What we call ideology is precisely the confusion of linguistic with natural reality, of reference with phenomenalism
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The writer's language is to some degree the product of his own action; he is both the historian and the…
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Literature... is condemned (or privileged) to be forever the most rigorous and, consequently, the most reliable of terms in which…
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The critical method which denies literary modernity would appear -- and even, in certain respects, would be -- the most…
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Death is a displaced name for a linguistic predicament.
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Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that…
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The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise…
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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard…
— Samuel Adams
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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism…
— Walter Benjamin
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Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his…
— Sarah Bernhardt
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We would betray our values and play into our enemies' hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone…
— Michael Bloomberg
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he…
— Edmund Burke
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I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.
— Taylor Caldwell
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Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.
— John le Carre
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I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you…
— Jimmy Carter
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To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.
— Lord Chesterfield
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.
— Noam Chomsky
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Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they…
— Unknown Author
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By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.
— Huineng
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