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Quote by Paul Valery
The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absu

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds. – Paul Valery

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In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well. – Paul Valery

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Poetry
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Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. – Paul Valery

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You have to look at history as an evolution of society. – Jean Chretien

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The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend. – Byron White

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There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath. – Woodrow Wilson

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France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history. – Francois Mitterrand

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