The past is not dead; it lives within us and shapes who we b... - Léopold Sédar Senghor

This quote is attributed to Léopold Sédar Senghor.

"The past is not dead; it lives within us and shapes who we become."

Léopold Sédar Senghor History

President, Poet Senegalese 1906–2001

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