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The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else.

Elias Canetti

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Elias Canetti
Age: 89 †
Born: 1905
Born: July 25
Died: 1994
Died: August 14
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Elías Canetti
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There can be no Creator, simply because his grief at the fate of his creation would be inconceivable and unendurable.
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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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It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said.
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...how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my eyes shut and opening them only when I am with you?
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I would like to become tolerant without overlooking anything, persecute no one even when all people persecute me become better without noticing it become sadder, but enjoy living become more serene, be happy in others belong to no one, grow in everyone love the best, comfort the worst not even hate myself anymore.
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Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair.
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The first effect of adjusting to other people is that one becomes boring.
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The self- explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but suddenly, provided he was honest, all the rest appears, and it is as rich as he was, and, as a final crowning, richer.
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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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Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.
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Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.
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Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.
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One has a prejudice wherever one fears a transformation.
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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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