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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 God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. Quote Right
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Quote Left Man is only man at the surface. Remove the skin, dissect, and immediately you come to machinery. Quote Right
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Quote Left Two dangers constantly threaten the world order and disorder. Quote Right
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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 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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