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Paul Valery

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Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry (French:  [pl valei] ; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. His interests were sufficiently broad that he can be classified as a polymath. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events.

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Quote Left A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator. Quote Right
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Quote Left Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to. Quote Right
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Quote Left Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. Quote Right
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Quote Left Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. Quote Right
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Quote Left Science is feasible when the variables are few and can be enumerated; when their combinations are distinct and clear. We are tending toward the condition of science and aspiring to do it. The artist works out his own formulas; the interest of science lies in the art of making science. Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs