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L'Innommable Segment 496, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 17v)
Ne mettons donc rien, ni que je bouge ni que je bouge pas ni que je fasse tantôt l'un tantôt l'autre, c'est plus sûr, puisque ça n'a pas d'importance. Passons plutôt aux choses importantes.
L'Innommable Segment 496, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 40)
Ne mettons donc rien, ni que je bouge, ni que je ne bouge pas, c'est plus sûr, puisque cela n'a pas d'importance, et passons aux choses qui en ont.

The Unnamable Segment 496, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 19r)
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Let us then assume nothing, neither that I move, neither that I don't, it's safer, since the thing is unimportant, and pass on to those that are.

The Unnamable Segment 496, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 21r)
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ELet us there- then
fore assume nothing, neither that I move, neither that I don't,
it's safer, since that has no importance the thing is unimportant, and pass on to the those
things that have are.

The Unnamable Segment 496, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 20r)
Let us then assume nothing, neither that I move, neither nor that I don't, irt's safer, [|] since the thing is unimportant, and pass on to those that are.
The Unnamable Segment 496, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 25)
Let us then assume nothing, neither that I move, nor that I don't, it's safer, since the thing is unimportant, and pass on to those that are.
L'Innommable Segment 496, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 33)
Ne mettons donc rien, ni que je bouge, ni que je ne bouge pas, c'est plus sûr, puisque cela n'a pas d'importance, et passons aux choses qui en ont.