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Forgotten Speech

Today's quote is by André Gide, whose 1947 Nobel Prize caused huge controversy in France:

Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, tudo deve ser dito de novo.everything must be said again.

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Tudo o que tem de ser dito foi dito. Mas como ninguém estava a ouvir, tudo deve ser dito de novo.

Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.

💬 Today's vocabulary

🌍 Tudo : Everything💬 Dito: Said⏱️ : Already👤 Ninguém: No one👂 Ouvir : To listen

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