21 November 1917
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Anyone who believes cannot experience miracles. By day one does not see any stars. Anyone who does miracles says: I cannot let go of the earth.
• Variant translation: Anyone who believes cannot experience miracles. By day one cannot see any stars.
— Franz Kafka
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Anyone who believes cannot experience miracles. By day one does not see any stars. Anyone who does miracles says: I cannot let go of the earth.
• Variant translation: Anyone who believes cannot experience miracles. By day one cannot see any stars." in the context of "21 November 1917" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Franz Kafka" (Quotes, The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954))
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About Franz Kafka
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.
About Franz Kafka
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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