Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This ... is a precious gift.

Paul Valery
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  3. But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible. - Jane Austen
  4. It takes a very long time to become young. - Pablo Picasso
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  1. An artist never really finishes his work he merely abandons it.
  2. A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.
  3. Conscience reigns but it does not govern.
  4. Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This ... is a precious gift.
  5. If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning we feel a certain void. 'Nothing in the paper today ' we sigh.
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