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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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The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity. – Henri Bergson

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The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. – Henri Bergson

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