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The world is full of people whom no one has put in chains but who bind themselves with frozen thoughts and fears. A man whose mind conforms to the conditioned responses of his daily life is a coward and a slave.

Stephen Vizinczey

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Stephen Vizinczey (born 12. May 1933 in Káloz – 18 August 2021) was a Hungarian essayist, novelist, and literary critic.

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