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Follow the path of your aroused thought, and you will soon meet this infernal inscription: There is nothing so beautiful as that which does not exist.
Paul Valery
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Paul Valery
Age: 73 †
Born: 1871
Born: October 30
Died: 1945
Died: July 20
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Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.
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What golden hour of life, what glittering moment will ever equal the pain its loss can cause?
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If disorder is the rule with you, you will be penalized for installing order.
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A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.
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The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stability.
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