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

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Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. – Thomas C. Haliburton

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Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. – W.H. Auden

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The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers. – Marshall McLuhan

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