(June 1914)
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"Don't you want to join us?" I was recently asked by an acquaintance when he ran across me alone after midnight in a coffeehouse that was already almost deserted. "No, I don't," I said.
— Franz Kafka
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets ""Don't you want to join us?" I was recently asked by an acquaintance when he ran across me alone after midnight in a coffeehouse that was already almost deserted. "No, I don't," I said." in the context of "(June 1914)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Franz Kafka" (Quotes, The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1910-1923 (1948): Edited by Max Brod )
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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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