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Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry (French:  [pl valei] ; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. His interests were sufficiently broad that he can be classified as a polymath. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events.


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Quote Left Man is only man at the surface. Remove the skin, dissect, and immediately you come to machinery. Quote Right
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Quote Left Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. Quote Right
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Quote Left 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. Quote Right
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Quote Left God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. Quote Right
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Quote Left A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator. Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs