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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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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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God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. – Paul Valery

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alone
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Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows. – Paul Valery

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Attitude
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Other Quotes from
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The writing of histories – as Goethe once noted – is one way of getting rid of the weight of the past…. The writing of history liberates us from history. – Benedetto Croce, History as the Story of Liberty

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History

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard. – Will Durant

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History

History, as long as it continues to happen, is always another chance. – R. Jackson Wilson

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History

We are not makers of history. We are made by history. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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History

Random Quotes

The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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Black History

The chances of a bank going out of business are extremely slim, but its always a good idea to spread around major sums so every penny is backed by insurance. – Suze Orman

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Business

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the obscurity of a learned language. – Edward Gibbon

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Profanity, Swearing, Vulgarity

The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day youre off it. – Jackie Gleason

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diet