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Quote by Henri Bergson
To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of percept

To perceive means to immobilize… we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself. – Henri Bergson

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To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. – Henri Bergson

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