We should try in vain to describe a man’s character, but let his acts be collected and an idea of the character will be presented to us.
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We should try in vain to describe a man’s character, but let his acts be collected and an idea of the character will be presented to us.
“I would like to erase the consequences of certain events and restore an initial condition. But every moment of my life brings with it an accumulation of new facts, and each of these new facts bring with it consequences; so the more I seek to return to the zero moment from which I set out, the further I move away from it.”
Italo Calvino