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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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Paul Valery
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War: a massacre of people who dont know each other for the profit of people who know each other but dont massacre each other. – Paul Valery

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War
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The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history. – Carl T. Rowan

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History

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. – John Acton

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History

Things have never been more like the way they are today in history. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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History

My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to have their genomes sequenced. – Henry Louis Gates

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History

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Mike Patton is a genius… It is definitely the hardest music Ive ever played. – Dave Lombardo

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A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. – Bible

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