Quote by Elias Canetti
The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each

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

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Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune? – Elias Canetti

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You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic. – Elias Canetti

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Names
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The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. – Elias Canetti

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Perish the men who said our good things before us! – Aelius Donatus, quoted in Edge-Tools of Speech by Maturin M. Ballou, 1886

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It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion… – Abraham Lincoln

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One of the great attractions of quotations is that they are rich in ideas which can be tailored to specific purposes. – Robert Irvine Fitzhenry (1918–2008), The Harper Book of Quotations

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To be amused by what you read — that is the great spring of happy quotations. – C.E. Montague (1867–1928), “Quotation”

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