The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory. (Giacomo Casanova)

The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory.

Giacomo Casanova

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