I learned a little of beauty - enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth - and I found, moreover, that there was no great literary tradition; there was only the tradition of the eventful death of every literary tradition.

Summary

This quote suggests that the speaker gained a limited understanding of beauty, realizing that it is not synonymous with truth. The quote also implies that there is no substantial literary tradition, but rather a continuous cycle of literary traditions ending with an eventful demise. It implies a sense of impermanence and perhaps a critical view of the fleeting and subjective nature of beauty and literary traditions.

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