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

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...

Politeness is organized indifference

Politeness is organized indifference

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...

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.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

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...

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.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

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...

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Politeness is organized indifference.

Politeness is organized indifference.

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...

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.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

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...

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

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

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.