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

Quote by Paul Valery

Topics: Ideas Quotes, Mind Quotes, People Quotes

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Politeness is organized indifference.

Politeness is organized indifference.

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.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

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

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

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.

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.

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make...

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make...

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 poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

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...

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

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

A nation can assume that the addition of the words under God to its pledge...

A nation can assume that the addition of the words under God to its pledge...

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of...

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of...