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"Formerly it was agreed that a man stood or fell by his actions; nowadays, on the contrary, every one idles about and comes off brilliantly with the help of a little reflection, knowing perfectly well what ought to be done. But what two people talking together [...] understand perfectly presented to them as a thought or as an observation, they cannot understand at all in the form of action."
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