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The hallucinations of alcoholics provide us with an opportunity to study crowds as they appear in the minds of individuals.
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Disgust at collective killing is of very recent date and should not be over-estimated. Today everyone takes part in public executions through the newspapers. Like everything else, however, it is more comfortable than it was. We sit peacefully at home and, out of a hundred details, can choose those to linger over which offer a special thrill. We only applaud when everything is over and there is no feeling of guilty connivance to spoil our pleasure.
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La massa è sempre una sorta di fortezza assediata, ma assediata in senso duplice: essa ha il nemico dinnanzi alle mura, e ha il nemico in cantina. Durante lo scontro la massa attira sempre più persone. Dinnanzi a tutte le porte si adunano i suoi nuovi amici e chiedono imperiosamente di essere accolti.
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Del azar de lo leído depende lo que eres
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The dead man has no place in Parliament; he cannot bequeath his membership and he can never know for certain who will succeed him after his death.
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Quando si viaggia, si prende tutto come viene, lo sdegno rimane a casa. Si osserva, si ascolta, ci si entusiasma per le cose più atroci solo perché sono nuove. I buoni viaggiatori sono gente senza cuore.
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Seksen yaşına geldiğinde, korkunç bir gerçekliğin farkına varmıştı: Gözleri, artık görevlerini gereğince yerine getiremiyordu. Gerçi henüz görme gücünü bütünüyle yitirmemişti ama artık hiç okuyamıyordu. Onun yerinde başka biri olsa bütün bütüne kör olmayı beklerdi. Eratosthenes'e gelince, kitaplarından ayrılmak zorunda kalışını, yeterince körlük saydı, kendi istenciyle yemeden içmeden kesildi ve birkaç gün içinde ölüp gitti.
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The freedom to fail is preserved, as a sort of supreme law, which guarantees escape at every fresh juncture. One is inclined to call this the freedom of the weak person who seeks salvation in defeat. His true uniqueness, his special relation to power, is expressed in the prohibition of victory. All calculations originate and end in impotence.
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If anyone was ever cognizant of the need and function of 'litanies', it was Kafka.
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