There is no pool, however, which has not some dead leaves f… - Henri Bergson

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There is no pool, however, which has not some dead leaves floating on its surface, no human soul upon which there do not settle habits that make it rigid against itself by making it rigid against others.

Henri Bergson

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Henri-Louis Bergson (18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a major French philosopher, influential in the first half of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Alternative Names: Henri-Louis Bergson • H. Bergson • Henry Bergson • Henri Louis Bergson • Berxon

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