We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others, and that prohibits us from…

Quote by Paul Valery

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History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

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...

Love is being stupid together.

Love is being stupid together.

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.

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 businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

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

Power without abuse loses its charm

Power without abuse loses its charm

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...

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,...

Politeness is organized indifference

Politeness is organized indifference

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...

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...

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...

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

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

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

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 poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

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...