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.Elias Canetti
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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.
Elias Canetti
One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
Elias Canetti
All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
Elias Canetti
It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.
Elias Canetti
Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.
Elias Canetti
Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.
Elias Canetti
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.
Elias Canetti
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Death,
Dying,
Earth,
Every,
Hear,
Language,
Only,
Overwhelms,
Such,
Thing,
Though,
Today,
Ugly,
Were
Definitions
Death,
Dying,
Earth,
Every,
Hear,
Language,
Only,
Such,
Thing,
Though,
Ugly,
Were
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