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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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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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Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food. – Elias Canetti

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Words have meaning and names have power. – Author Unknown

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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. – Japanese Proverb

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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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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.. – Proverb

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