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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

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Elias Canetti
Age: 89 †
Born: 1905
Born: July 25
Died: 1994
Died: August 14
Aphorist
Author
Chemist
Essayist
Novelist
Playwright
Writer
Rousse
Elías Canetti
People
Decision
Misfortune
Open
Liberating
Eyes
Misfortunes
Literature
Disaster
Eye
Leads
Many
Otherwise
Even
Walk
Every
Walks
Upright

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