If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much … - Franz Kafka

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If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he'll never see anything.

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Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a Bohemian-Jewish novelist, and one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century.

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Alternative Names: František Kafka • Kafka

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