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“ The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds. ”

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Une philosophie doit etre portative.

~ Paul Valéry

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly

~ Paul Valéry

God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through.

~ Paul Valéry

Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that all harmony among human beings is the happy fruit of an error.

~ Paul Valéry