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Elias Canetti Quotes

Swiss - Author | July 25, 1905 - August 13, 1994

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?

Eyes Decision Walk People Why Open

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.

Boring Right Superfluous Pessimists

Most religions do not make men better, only warier.

Men Better Religions Only Make Most

Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf.

Success Deaf Only Applause Listens

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

Great Well Read Other Known Each

Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.

Success Day Space Newspaper Occupies

Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.

Fun Animal Feel You Sitting Human

The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.

Future Effort Thought Survival Mad

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