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History is the science of things which are not repeated.
Paul Valery
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Paul Valery
Age: 73 †
Born: 1871
Born: October 30
Died: 1945
Died: July 20
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Science is a collection of successful recipes.
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Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.
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An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
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In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.
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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.
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Breath, dreams, silence, invincible calm, you triumph.
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