Quotes about Paul Valery

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

#Paul Valery

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

#Paul Valery

Power without abuse loses its charm.

#Paul Valery

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

#Paul Valery

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

#Paul Valery

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

#Paul Valery

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

#Paul Valery

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

#Paul Valery

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

#Paul Valery

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

#Paul Valery

At times I think and at times I am.

#Paul Valery

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

#Paul Valery