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Paul Valery Quotes: "Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to."

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.



Paul Valery Quotes: "War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other."

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




Paul Valery Quotes: "A poem is never finished, only abandoned."

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Nothing beautiful can be summarized."

Nothing beautiful can be summarized.




Paul Valery Quotes: "The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect."

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.



Paul Valery Quotes: "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.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Love is being stupid together."

Love is being stupid together.




Paul Valery Quotes: "The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be."

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences."

Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Sometimes I think, sometimes I am ."

Sometimes I think, sometimes I am .



Paul Valery Quotes: "An intelligent woman is a woman with whom one can be as stupid as one wants."

An intelligent woman is a woman with whom one can be as stupid as one wants.



Paul Valery Quotes: "A difficulty is a light. An insurmountable difficulty is a sun."

A difficulty is a light. An insurmountable difficulty is a sun.




Paul Valery Quotes: "We hope vaguely but dread precisely."

We hope vaguely but dread precisely.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious."

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



Paul Valery Quotes: "Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business."

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.



Paul Valery Quotes: "A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key."

A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.



Paul Valery Quotes: "If the Ego is hateful, Love your neighbor as yourself becomes a cruel irony."

If the Ego is hateful, Love your neighbor as yourself becomes a cruel irony.



Paul Valery Quotes: "We are enriched by our reciprocate differences."

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.



Paul Valery Quotes: "The advantage of the incomprehensible is that it never loses its freshness."

The advantage of the incomprehensible is that it never loses its freshness.



Paul Valery Quotes: "A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator."

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



Paul Valery Quotes: "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.



Paul Valery Quotes: "An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it."

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



Paul Valery Quotes: "God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.



Paul Valery Quotes: "All nations have present, or past, or future reasons for thinking themselves incomparable."

All nations have present, or past, or future reasons for thinking themselves incomparable.



Paul Valery Quotes: "It would be impossible to "love" anyone or anything one knew completely. Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object."

It would be impossible to "love" anyone or anything one knew completely. Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object.



Paul Valery Quotes: "[Beauty is] that which makes us despair."

[Beauty is] that which makes us despair.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Oh, hasten not this loving act, Rapture where self and not-self meet: My life has been the awaiting you, Your footfall was my own heart's beat."

Oh, hasten not this loving act, Rapture where self and not-self meet: My life has been the awaiting you, Your footfall was my own heart's beat.



Paul Valery Quotes: "A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts."

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.



Paul Valery Quotes: "The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stability."

The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stability.



Paul Valery Quotes: "If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish."

If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh."

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



Paul Valery Quotes: "What is simple is wrong, and what is complicated cannot be understood."

What is simple is wrong, and what is complicated cannot be understood.



Paul Valery Quotes: "To hit someone means to adopt his point of view."

To hit someone means to adopt his point of view.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Having precise ideas often leads to a man doing nothing."

Having precise ideas often leads to a man doing nothing.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder."

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Fidelity to meaning alone in translation is a kind of betrayal."

Fidelity to meaning alone in translation is a kind of betrayal.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows."

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Politeness is organized indifference."

Politeness is organized indifference.



Paul Valery Quotes: "To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees."

To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.



Paul Valery Quotes: "At times I think and at times I am."

At times I think and at times I am.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Every social system is more or less against nature, and at every moment nature is at work to reclaim her rights."

Every social system is more or less against nature, and at every moment nature is at work to reclaim her rights.



Paul Valery Quotes: "If what has happened in the one person were communicated directly to the other, all art would collapse, all the effects of art would disappear."

If what has happened in the one person were communicated directly to the other, all art would collapse, all the effects of art would disappear.



Paul Valery Quotes: "A real writer can be recognized by the fact he doesn't find words. Therefore he must search for them and while doing that, he finds better ones."

A real writer can be recognized by the fact he doesn't find words. Therefore he must search for them and while doing that, he finds better ones.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking."

Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Talent without genius isn't much, but genius without talent is nothing whatsoever."

Talent without genius isn't much, but genius without talent is nothing whatsoever.



Paul Valery Quotes: "I thought it necessary to study history, even to study it deeply, in order to obtain a clear meaning of our immediate time."

I thought it necessary to study history, even to study it deeply, in order to obtain a clear meaning of our immediate time.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Man is only man at the surface. Remove the skin, dissect, and immediately you come to machinery."

Man is only man at the surface. Remove the skin, dissect, and immediately you come to machinery.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our emotions."

Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our emotions.



Paul Valery Quotes: "Order always weighs on the individual. Disorder makes him wish for the police or for death. These are two extreme circumstances in which human nature is not at ease."

Order always weighs on the individual. Disorder makes him wish for the police or for death. These are two extreme circumstances in which human nature is not at ease.