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There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.

~Elias Canetti

Topics: Able Always Anything Avoid Classify Contact Fears He Him Least Man More Nothing Physical Reaching Recognize See Strange Tends Than Touch Towards Unknown Wants

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Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?

~Elias Canetti

Topics: Decision Disaster Even Every Eyes Leads Liberating Many Misfortune Open Otherwise People So Many People Upright Walk Why

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Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.

~Elias Canetti

Topics: Boring Pessimists Right Superfluous

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People's fates are simplified by their names.

~Elias Canetti

Topics: Fates Names People

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Most religions do not make men better, only warier.

~Elias Canetti

Topics: Better Make Men Most Only Religions

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Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf.

~Elias Canetti

Topics: Applause Deaf Else Listens Only Success

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People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.

~Elias Canetti

Topics: Accusation Hate Love People

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The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

~Elias Canetti

Topics: Aphorism Each Great Had Known Other Read Well Writers

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Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.

~Elias Canetti

Topics: Day Insolence Newspaper Occupies Space Success Success Is

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Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.

~Elias Canetti

Topics: Frequently Old Only People Same Too Use Words

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Biography

Nationality: Swiss

Type: Author

Born: July 25th, 1905

Died: August 13th, 1994

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