Valery

Valery

The Intellectual

The wind rises, we must try to live. Paul peered into the mind as one peers at the sea. With patience. With vertigo.

1871 — 1945

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Le vent se lève !... Il faut tenter de vivre !

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The wind is rising!... We must try to live!

Le Cimetière marin

L'homme n'est l'homme que par sa capacité de dépassement.

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Man is only man by his capacity to exceed.

Inconnu

Un poème n'est jamais fini, il est seulement abandonné.

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A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Inconnu

Ce qui a été cru par tous, partout et toujours, a toutes les chances d'être faux.

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What has been believed by everyone, everywhere, and always, has every chance of being false.

Inconnu

Que de choses il faut ignorer pour 'agir' !

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How many things one must ignore in order to 'act'!

Inconnu

Ce qui n'est pas fixé est mort. Ce qui est fixé est aussi mort.

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What is not fixed is dead. What is fixed is also dead.

Inconnu

La syntaxe est une faculté de l'âme.

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Syntax is a faculty of the soul.

Inconnu

Betrayal is beautiful. It's the transition from night to day.

GenetThe Outcast
NyxiaOlive