Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry:
(Sète, 30 October 1871 – Paris, 20 July 1945).
French poet, essayist, philosopher and author of aphorisms.
As a poet, Valéry was known as an exponent of Poésie pure, for which the mythological figure Narcissus in particular was a symbol for him (his perhaps best-known poem is also called Narcissus speaks (Narcisse parle). His main lyrical works are considered La jeune Parque (1917) and Charmes (1922). Valéry is considered the last of the symbolists. He was a member of the Académie française.
POLITICS is the art of preventing people from meddling in their own affairs.
Those who want to realise their dreams must be wide awake.
History provides a people with dreams, intoxication, falsified memories and delusions of grandeur.
