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“He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- c15cdbe1a2a5eaafb213d44b7ad5fd0cd7990b2c4449b3782138f69d0bc81d2b
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