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To verify images kills them, and it is always more enriching to imagine than to experience.

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
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Images
Imagine
Experience
Always
Verify
Enriching

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