Paul Valery – Quotes Lover

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

#Paul Valery

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

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

#Paul Valery

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

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

#Paul Valery

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

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

#Paul Valery

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

#Paul Valery

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very...

#Paul Valery

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

#Paul Valery

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

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

#Paul Valery

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

Power without abuse loses its charm.

#Paul Valery

Power without abuse loses its charm.

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the...

#Paul Valery

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the...

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

#Paul Valery

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

#Paul Valery

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

#Paul Valery

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

#Paul Valery

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

#Paul Valery

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

A man who is of sound mind is one who keeps the inner madman under...

#Paul Valery

A man who is of sound mind is one who keeps the inner madman under...

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.

#Paul Valery

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

#Paul Valery

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.