Famous quotes

Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

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Politics is the art of preventing people from meddling in what concerns them.

Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

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History is the science of what never happens twice.

Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

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Works of art are not finished, they are abandoned.

Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

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Sometimes reason seems to me to be the faculty of our soul to not understand anything about our body.

Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

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In every discussion, it's not a thesis that is defended but oneself.

Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

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When we achieve our goal, we believe the path was good.

Ramón María del Valle-Inclán

Ramón María del Valle-Inclán

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It is the same to triumph as to glorify defeat.

César Vallejo

César Vallejo

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Considering coldly, impartially, that man is sad, he coughs, and yet takes pleasure in his red chest.

César Vallejo

César Vallejo

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Today I like life much less, but I always like to live: as I used to say.

Vincent Voiture

Vincent Voiture

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Often, fortune makes us pay very dearly for what we believe it has given us as a gift.