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An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
Author: Paul Valery
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.
Author: Paul Valery
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
Topic: Future
Author: Paul Valery
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
Author: Paul Valery
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
Topic: Poetry
Author: Paul Valery
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
Topic: Politics
Author: Paul Valery
Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business.
Topic: Politics
Author: Paul Valery
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