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To give a name to a thing is as gratifying as giving a name to an island, but it is also dangerous: the danger consists in one’s becoming convinced that all is taken care of and that once named, the phenomenon has also been explained.

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My number is 174517; we have been baptized, we will carry the tattoo on our left arm until we die.
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