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It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said.
Elias Canetti
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Elias Canetti
Age: 89 †
Born: 1905
Born: July 25
Died: 1994
Died: August 14
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History portrays everything as if it could not have come otherwise. History is on the side of what happened.
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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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Most religions do not make men better, only warier.
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