Elias Canetti Quotes

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.
Elias Canetti

Great, Read, Known

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.
Elias Canetti

Failure, Two, Cannot

The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.
Elias Canetti

Future, Thought, Become

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.
Elias Canetti

Thoughts, Order, Hand

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

Time, End, Doubt

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

Fun, Human, Making

Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.
Elias Canetti

Words, Same, Old

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Biography

Nationality: Swiss

Type: Author

Born: July 25, 1905

Died: August 13, 1994

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