The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.Reader's Digest, 1975
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Paul Valéry was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher born on October 30, 1871, in Sete, France. He is best known for his complex and philosophical poetry, notably his collection "La Jeune Parque" and his influential essays on aesthetics and the nature of creativity. Valéry's work significantly contributed to the Symbolist movement and modernist literature, emphasizing the interplay between art and intellect.
1871–1945·lived 73 years
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.Reader's Digest, 1975
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
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.Introduction to the Method of Leonardo da Vinci, 1895
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.The Art of Poetry, 1947
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