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We civilizations now know ourselves mortal.
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An intelligent woman is a woman with whom one can be as stupid as one wants.
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The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.
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God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through.
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If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.
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Paul Valéry |
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Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.
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Paul Valéry |
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My soul is nothing now but the dream dreamt by matter struggling with itself!
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I cannot think that there exists more than one Sovereign Good.
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To construct oneself, to know oneself--are these two distinct acts or not?
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What is most beautiful is of necessity tyrannical.
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Paul Valéry |
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Man can act only because he can ignore.
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Paul Valéry |
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The greatest liberty is born of the greatest rigor.
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Paul Valéry |
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Man's deepest glances are those that go out to the void. They converge beyond the All.
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Paul Valéry |
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The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.
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Paul Valéry |
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Politeness is organized indifference.
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Paul Valéry |
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Politics is the art of stopping people from minding their own business.
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Paul Valéry |
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The being filled with wonder is lovely, like a flower.
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Paul Valéry |
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In the Beginning was the Fable.
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Paul Valéry |
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What's loftiest in the mind can only live through growth.
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