A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.
Theodor AdornoAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: September 11, 1903
- Died: August 6, 1969
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