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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave Perhaps what is inexpressible (what I find mysterious and am not able to express) is the background against which whatever I could express has its meaning. - Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein

Perhaps what is inexpressible (what I find mysterious and am not able to express) is the background against which whatever I could express has its meaning.

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