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What is the source of our first suffering? It lies in the fact that we hesitated to speak... It was born in the moment when we accumulated silent things within us.

Gaston Bachelard

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Gaston Bachelard
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: June 27
Died: 1962
Died: October 16
G 巴什拉
G. Bachelard
Speak
Lies
Facts
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Moments
Within
Firsts
Suffering
First
Lying
Hesitated
Things
Fact
Accumulated
Moment
Integrity
Born
Silent

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