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

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

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

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

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"It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes."

"There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight."

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