That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

Quote by Paul Valery

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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...

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 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...

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

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...

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

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

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

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...

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

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...