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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.
Goodness
Elias Canetti

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He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it.
Death and Dying
Elias Canetti

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It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.
Ideas
Elias Canetti

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One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it.
Life, Lust For
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One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
Praise
Elias Canetti

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Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.
Pessimism
Elias Canetti

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Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.
Lies and Lying
Elias Canetti

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There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight.
Humankind
Elias Canetti

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When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about.
Autobiography
Elias Canetti

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Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.
God
Elias Canetti

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun