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

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The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is. – Kahlil Gibran

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You are only as wise as others perceive you to be. – M. Shawn Cole

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