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.

Quote by Paul Valery

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Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

At times I think and at times I am.

At times I think and at times I am.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to...

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to...

Power without abuse loses its charm

Power without abuse loses its charm

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

Love is being stupid together.

Love is being stupid together.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

A man who is of sound mind is one who keeps the inner madman under...

A man who is of sound mind is one who keeps the inner madman under...

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

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.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the...

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

Politeness is organized indifference

Politeness is organized indifference

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

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.

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.