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

Quote by Paul Valery

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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 man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

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...

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...

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...

God made everything out of the void, but the void shows through

God made everything out of the void, but the void shows through

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.

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very...

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very...

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

Politeness is organized indifference

Politeness is organized indifference

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...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he...

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he...

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries...

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries...

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only...

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only...

Good government is good politics.

Good government is good politics.