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Quote by Paul Valery
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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