“Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
“The congress of Vienna does not walk, but it dances.”
The quote "The congress of Vienna does not walk, but it dances." is famous quote attributed to Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735–1814), Prince of Ligne.
Le congrès ne marche pas, il danse.
Reported in the Edinburgh Review, July 1890, p. 244, which praised it as part of "[o]ne of the Prince de Ligne's speeches that will last forever".
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Source: prevale.net
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