Quote by Paul Valery
The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absu

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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Every beginning is a consequence — every beginning ends some thing. – Paul Valery

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