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Quote by Elias Canetti
You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose i

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

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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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Death
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Elias Canetti
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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

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Failure
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A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man. – Author unknown, quoted by William Hazlitt

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If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things. – Confucius

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Words have meaning and names have power. – Author Unknown

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Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable. – William Hazlitt

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