Man’s great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought when he wants to.

-Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry, or Paul Valéry in a quote which is cited often but never sourced.

Categories: Human nature, Mind
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