Two quotes from Alain.
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Nous ne pensons que nos perceptions.
[We only think our perceptions. — We only think what we perceive.]
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J’ai souvent pensé que
la peur,
qui est la passion nue,
et la plus pénible,
n’est autre chose que
le sentiment
d’une irrésolution,
si je puis dire,
musculaire.
On se sent
sommé d’agir
et incapable.
[I’ve often thought that
fear,
which is pure passion,
and the most painful,
is nothing other than
the feeling
of irresolution,
if I can say,
in the body,
a muscular irresolution.
You feel called on to act
and incapable.]
Gray Haskins 