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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God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
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Love is being stupid together.
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Books have the same enemies as people fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.
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...in song the words tend to lose their significance, do often lose it, while at the other extreme, in current prose it is the musical value that tends to disappear - so that verse stands symmetrically, as it were, between song, on the one hand, and prose on the other - and is thus admirably and delicately balanced between the sensual and the intellectual power of language.
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That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
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You've charmed us. It is a privilege to compete in the inspirational poetry contests you design and judge. You give this community of poets something to write about; something to reach for; a reason to try new poetry forms; and a way to measure success. Your contests are enjoyable and your efforts are praiseworthy. Thank you!
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