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If one takes the path of success, then one ends up either successful or unsuccessful, there is no third alternative.
— Imre Kertész
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If one takes the path of success, then one ends up either successful or unsuccessful, there is no third alternative." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Imre Kertész
Imre Kertész (9 November 1929 - 31 March 2016) is a Hungarian Jewish author, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002.
About Imre Kertész
Imre Kertész (9 November 1929 - 31 March 2016) is a Hungarian Jewish author, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002.
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