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

Quote by Paul Valery

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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...

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

Power without abuse loses its charm

Power without abuse loses its charm

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;...

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.

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.

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 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.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Politeness is organized indifference

Politeness is organized indifference

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...

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Love is being stupid together.

Love is being stupid together.

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...

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

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

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

War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall...

War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall...

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.