The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds

Quote by Paul Valery

Topics: History Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Thought Quotes

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;...

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,...

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the...

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

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.

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

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

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.