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It is a sign of the times, and not a very good sign, that these days it is necessary - and not only necessary but urgent - to interest minds in the fate of Mind, that is to say, in their own fate.

Paul Valery

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Paul Valery
Age: 73 †
Born: 1871
Born: October 30
Died: 1945
Died: July 20
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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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The dog has made man their God, if the dog was an atheist, it would be perfect.
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The most ridiculous were those who, on their own authority, made themselves the judges and justices of the tribe. They seemed never to suspect that our judgments judge us, and that nothing exposes our weaknesses and reveals ourselves more naively than the attitude of pronouncing upon our neighbors.
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To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.
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What is simple is false and what is not is useless.
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