#walter

History is an angel being blown backwards into the future ↗

— Laurie Anderson

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#song-lyrics #walter-benjamin #song-lyrics

The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung. ↗

— Walter Scott

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#death-and-dying #pride #walter-scott #wretch #death