Paul Valery

That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false. ↗

— Paul Valery

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The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be. ↗

— Paul Valery

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The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds. ↗

— Paul Valery

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The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect. ↗

— Paul Valery

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To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts. ↗

— Paul Valery

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Love is being stupid together. ↗

— Paul Valery

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We are enriched by our reciprocate differences. ↗

— Paul Valery

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