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The important thing is that man is lost in time, in the moment that immediately precedes him - which only attests, by reflection, to the fact that he is lost in the moment that follows
The important thing is that man is lost in time, in the moment that immediately precedes him - which only attests, by reflection, to the fact that he is lost in the moment that follows
Approximate author period: c. 1931 AD · modern
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- André Breton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1931 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for André Breton: life dates 1896 to 1966. Wikidata Q161955, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161955 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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