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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 That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false. Quote Right
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Quote Left A painter should not paint what he sees but what should be seen. Quote Right
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Quote Left La politique est l'art d'empcher les gens de se mler de ce qui les regarde. (Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business. Quote Right
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Quote Left 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. Quote Right
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Quote Left That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false. Quote Right
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