I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.
• 2 January 1944
• 2 January 1944
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Ik sus mijn geweten nu maar met de gedachte, dat scheldwoorden beter op papier kunnen staan dan dat moeder ze moet meedragen in haar hart.
— Anne Frank
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ik sus mijn geweten nu maar met de gedachte, dat scheldwoorden beter op papier kunnen staan dan dat moeder ze moet meedragen in haar hart." in the context of "I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.
• 2 January 1944" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Anne Frank" (Quotes, The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944): Version A composed from her 13th birthday on 12 June 1942, until 1 August 1944, just prior to her family's capture. Version B (Der Achterhuis) is a rewrite and edit of version A began on the 20 May 1944. https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/diary/two-versions-annes-diary/ , 1944)
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About Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – February/March 1945) was a young German-born Jewish diarist and aspiring writer, who died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
About Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – February/March 1945) was a young German-born Jewish diarist and aspiring writer, who died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
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