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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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It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said. – 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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Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith. – Oliver Wendell Holmes,Jr.

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

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