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Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. — Hector Berlioz

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Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

In the original French

Le temps est un grand maître, dit-on; le malheur est qu'il soit un maître inhumain qui tue ses élèves.

Hector Berlioz
1856
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1856
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Hector Berlioz
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Berlioz, Hector. Personal letter. Nov. 1856.

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