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

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.

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...

That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being...

That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being...

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...

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.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own...

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own...

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...

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

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

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present...

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present...

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

Love is being stupid together.

Love is being stupid together.

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary...

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary...

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

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.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.