Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?

-- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世，罗切福科公爵

为什么我们的记忆力好到可以记住发生在我们身上的最小的琐事，却不能回忆起我们对同一个人说过多少次?

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我认为，一些最好的记者能够真实地阐述社会之间的差异，同时试图将除了这些差异之外还有许多共同的价值观这一事实联系起来。

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How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?

为什么我们记得发生在我们身上的最微不足道的小事，却不记得我们有多少次向同一个人讲述过这些事情?

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