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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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Paul Valery
Age: 73 †
Born: 1871
Born: October 30
Died: 1945
Died: July 20
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One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.
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War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.
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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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