In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.
Paul Valery
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- God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
- An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
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- Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.
- The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.