The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best

Quote by Paul Valery

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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...

Politeness is organized indifference

Politeness is organized indifference

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,...

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

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

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

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

At times I think and at times I am.

At times I think and at times I am.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present...

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present...

Politeness is organized indifference.

Politeness is organized indifference.

Love is being stupid together.

Love is being stupid together.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Power without abuse loses its charm

Power without abuse loses its charm

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of...

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of...

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...