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

Quote by Paul Valery

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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...

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.

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...

Power without abuse loses its charm.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

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...

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

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...

Politeness is organized indifference.

Politeness is organized indifference.

Politeness is organized indifference

Politeness is organized indifference

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

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...

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

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...

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

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

At times I think and at times I am.

At times I think and at times I am.

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,...

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.

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;...

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.