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It is by universal misunderstanding that we agree with each other.If, by some misfortune, we understood each other, we would never agree.

— Charles Baudelaire Journaux intimes (1864)

C'est par le malentendu universel que tout le monde s'accorde.Car si, par malheur, on se comprenait, on ne pourrait jamais s'accorder.

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