Paul Valéry

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Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (French: [pɔl valeʁi]; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher.

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Men differ by what they show, and have in common what they hide.

—Paul Valéry

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A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

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God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

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Love is being stupid together.

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God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

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God perception nothing everything

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That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

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Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.

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The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

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An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.

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A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

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Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

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At times I think and at times I am.

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The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

—Paul Valéry

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