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Art imitates nature not in its effects as such, but in its causes, in its 'manner,' in its process, which are nothing but a participation in and a derivation of actual objects, of the Art of God himself.

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The words I use
Are everyday words and yet are not the same!
You will find no rhymes in my verse, no magic. There are your very own phrases.

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You explain nothing, O poet, but thanks to you all things become explicable.

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When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

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In the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of champagne.

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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
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Paul Claudel

Paul Claudel
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Born: August 6, 1868
Died: February 23, 1955 (aged 86)
Bio: Paul Claudel was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptress Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.
Known for:
  1. I Believe in God
  2. Knowing the East
  3. Tête d'or (1919)
  4. Le Pain dur (1900)
  5. L'Otage (1911)

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