More quotes by Elias Canetti
His great holy books, which he does not know. They are so holy that he does not dare to open them.
It amazes me how a person to whom literature means anything can take it up as an object of study.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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