Jean-Paul Sartre , French philosopher
said about Age, History, Poetry, Circumstances, Class, Nation, Race...
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"Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry."
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- Jean-Paul Sartre