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Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.

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Elias Canetti
Age: 89 †
Born: 1905
Born: July 25
Died: 1994
Died: August 14
Aphorist
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Chemist
Essayist
Novelist
Playwright
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Rousse
Elías Canetti
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Making
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Human
Welfare
Humans
Whenever
Feel
Sitting
Feels
Inside
Fun
Animal

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