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Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults --a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.

Source: Journal Intime, (1882; tr. by Mrs. Humphrey Ward, 1892), entry for 13 Aug. 1865.
-- Henri Frederic Amiel, (Sep 27 1821-1881), Swiss writer; He is best known for his Journal which is considered a masterpiece of self-analysis.

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