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God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him

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

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War: a massacre of people who dont know each other for the profit of people who know each other but dont massacre each other. – Paul Valery

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Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. – Paul Valery

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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. – Paul Valery

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If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, theyd never marry. – O. Henry

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