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> [I try to imagine someone saying to Shakespeare, 'Relax!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/i-try-to-imagine-someone-saying-to-shakespeare-relax/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

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## More by Elias Canetti

> [A 'modern' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/a-modern-man-has-nothing-to-add-to-modernism-if-only-because-he-has/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/the-planet-s-survival-has-become-so-uncertain-that-any-effort-any/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [ “The hand which scoops up the water is the first vessel. The fingers of both hands intertwined are the first basket. \[p. 217\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/the-hand-which-scoops-up-the-water-is-the-first-vessel-the-fingers-of/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [The planets survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/the-planets-survival-has-become-so-uncertain-that-any-effort-any/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [“Najbolјa definicija zavičaja jeste biblioteka.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/najbol-a-definicija-zavi-aja-jeste-biblioteka/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [“Das Nicht-Wissen darf am Wissen nicht verarmen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/das-nicht-wissen-darf-am-wissen-nicht-verarmen/)

[elias canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [In five minutes the earth would be a desert, and you cling to books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/in-five-minutes-the-earth-would-be-a-desert-and-you-cling-to-books/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [The first effect of adjusting to other people is that one becomes boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/the-first-effect-of-adjusting-to-other-people-is-that-one-becomes/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [“Ionako ne postoji oskudica u osrednjim glavama.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/ionako-ne-postoji-oskudica-u-osrednjim-glavama/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/success-is-the-space-one-occupies-in-the-newspaper-success-is-one-day/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [It is always the enemy who started it, even if he was not the first to speak out, he was certainly planning it; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/it-is-always-the-enemy-who-started-it-even-if-he-was-not-the-first-to/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [There emanates from superlatives a destructive force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/there-emanates-from-superlatives-a-destructive-force/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/the-fear-of-burglars-is-not-only-the-fear-of-being-robbed-but-also/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [Justice begins with the recognition of the necessity of sharing. The oldest law is that which regulates it, and this is still themost important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/justice-begins-with-the-recognition-of-the-necessity-of-sharing-the/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

> [I would like to become tolerant without overlooking anything, persecute no one even when all people persecute me; become better without noticing it; become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/i-would-like-to-become-tolerant-without-overlooking-anything/)

[Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/)

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