Paul Valéry
Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction, his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events.
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1871 – 1945Quotes
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Background
- Born in
- Sète
- Educated at
- Lycée Condorcet
- Awards
- 🏆 Goethe Medal for Art and Science🏆 Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour🏆 Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"And do not humans strive in a thousand ways to fill or to break the eternal silence of those infinite spaces that affright them?"
— Paul Valéry
Literature1871–1945
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"Politics is the art of stopping people from minding their own business."
— Paul Valéry
Literature1871–1945
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Works & Publications
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Timeline
1871
Born
Birth1945
Died
Death
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Friedrich NietzschePhilosophy
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George Holmes HowisonPhilosophy
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Ralph Waldo EmersonLiterature
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Carl JungPsychology
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Thomas CarlylePhilosophy
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Thomas Henry HuxleyScience
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