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Elias Canetti Quotes
There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.
Elias Canetti

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Category:
Swiss Author Quotes
Date of Birth:
July 25, 1905
Date of Death:
August 13, 1994
Nationality:
Swiss
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