"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real."
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About Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti was a Bulgarian-born Swiss writer, playwright, and Nobel laureate in Literature. He was known for his exploration of power, human behavior, and mass psychology in his works. Canetti's most famous work is the novel 'Auto-da-Fé', and his crowning achievement was receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981. Throughout his life, Canetti published numerous essays, plays, and autobiographical writings that left a profound impact on the literary world.
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