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The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a

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. – 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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