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As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doe

As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesnt know the bad he might do. – Elias Canetti

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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

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