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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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As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesnt know the bad he might do. – Elias Canetti

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

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Names

Name is a fence and within it you are nameless. – Samuli Paronen

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Names

Words have meaning and names have power. – Author Unknown

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Names

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

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