| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 31956 |
| QUOTATION: | The true way leads along a tightrope not stretched aloft but just above the ground. It seems designed more to trip one than to be walked along. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Franz Kafka (1883–1924), Czech novelist, short-story writer. (written Oct. 1917-Feb. 1918). The Collected Aphorisms, vol. 1, no. 1, Shorter Works, ed. and trans. by Malcolm Pasley (1973). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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