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He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it.

~Elias Canetti

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Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.

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As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.

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There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight.

~Elias Canetti

Topics: Beginning Doubt End His Just Man No Doubt Same Same Time Sight Study Time

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It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.

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There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.

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The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.

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Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.

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The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.

~Elias Canetti

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One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

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Biography

Nationality: Swiss

Type: Author

Born: July 25th, 1905

Died: August 13th, 1994

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