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Without poets, without artists... everything would fall apart into chaos. There would be no more seasons, no more civilizations, no more thought, no more humanity, no more life even; and impotent darkness would reign forever. Poets and artists together determine the features of their age, and the future meekly conforms to their edit.

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Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure Les jours s'en vont je demeure

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Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

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We cannot carry our father's corpse with us everywhere we go.

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When man resolved to imitate walking, he invented the wheel, which does not look like a leg. In doing this, he was practicing surrealism without know…

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Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.

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Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.

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Joy came always after pain.

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Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.

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Come to the edge.' 'We can't. We're afraid.' 'Come to the edge.' 'We can't. We will fall!' 'Come to the edge.' And they came. And he pushed them. And…

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