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It is always thus, impelled by a state of mind which is destined not to last, that we make our irrevocable decisions.

— Marcel Proust In Search of Lost Time / Remembrance of Things Past (1913)

Ce n'est jamais qu'à cause d'un état d'esprit qui n'est pas destiné à durer qu'on prend des résolutions définitives.

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