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Paul Valery4 quotes
Seeing is forgetting the name of the things one sees. — Paul Valery · 1936God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. — Paul Valery · 1941The sea, the ever renewing sea! — Paul Valery · 1922The right sort of love is recognized by the sort of joy, of general excitement, of exultant life which the presence of someone produces in us and which distinguishes them. You feel better when with them. — Paul Valery