Author: Paul Valery

Quotes

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.

- Paul Valery

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.

- Paul Valery

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

- Paul Valery

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

- Paul Valery

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

- Paul Valery

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

- Paul Valery

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

- Paul Valery

Love is being stupid together.

Love is being stupid together.

- Paul Valery

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

- Paul Valery

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