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Paul Valery quotes: The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds.

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds.

Paul Valery quotes: Whoever wants to accomplish great things must devote to a lot of profound thought to details.

Whoever wants to accomplish great things must devote to a lot of profound thought to details.

Paul Valery quotes: The best way to make your own dreams come true is to wake up

The best way to make your own dreams come true is to wake up

Paul Valery quotes: We civilizations now know ourselves mortal.

We civilizations now know ourselves mortal.

Paul Valery quotes: What is simple is false and what is not is useless.

What is simple is false and what is not is useless.

Paul Valery quotes: Poems are never finished - just abandoned

Poems are never finished - just abandoned

Paul Valery quotes: Love is being stupid together.

Love is being stupid together.

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: The deeper education consists in unlearning one's first education.

The deeper education consists in unlearning one's first education.

Paul Valery quotes: History is the most dangerous product evolved from the chemistry of the intellect.

History is the most dangerous product evolved from the chemistry of the intellect.

Paul Valery quotes: There is a difference if we see something with a pencil in our hand or without one.

There is a difference if we see something with a pencil in our hand or without one.

Paul Valery quotes: To be sincere means to be the same person when one is with oneself; that is to say, alone - but that is all it means.

To be sincere means to be the same person when one is with oneself; that is to say, alone - but that is all it means.

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: Work is never finished, only abandoned.

Work is never finished, only abandoned.

Paul Valery quotes: Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This is a precious gift.

Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This is a precious gift.

Paul Valery quotes: It is a law of nature that we defend ourselves from one affection only by means of another.

It is a law of nature that we defend ourselves from one affection only by means of another.

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: The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be.

The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be.

Paul Valery quotes: A bad poem is one that vanishes into meaning.

A bad poem is one that vanishes into meaning.

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 is only by chance that we are reminded of the permanent circumstances of our life.

It is only by chance that we are reminded of the permanent circumstances of our life.

Paul Valery quotes: 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.

Paul Valery quotes: Liberty is the hardest test that one can inflict on a people.

Liberty is the hardest test that one can inflict on a people.

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: 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: Every ironist has in mind a pretentious reader, mirror of himself.

Every ironist has in mind a pretentious reader, mirror of himself.

Paul Valery quotes: No work of art is ever completed, it is only abandoned.

No work of art is ever completed, it is only abandoned.

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: 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: What soul would hesitate to turn the universe upside down in order to be a little more itself?

What soul would hesitate to turn the universe upside down in order to be a little more itself?

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: We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

Paul Valery quotes: We need to wake up from a thought that lasts too long.

We need to wake up from a thought that lasts too long.

Paul Valery quotes: The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.

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

Paul Valery quotes: The dog has made man their God, if the dog was an atheist, it would be perfect.

The dog has made man their God, if the dog was an atheist, it would be perfect.

Paul Valery quotes: History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

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: 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: Sometimes I think and other times I am.

Sometimes I think and other times I am.

Paul Valery quotes: What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.

What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.

Paul Valery quotes: History justifies whatever we want it to. It teaches absolutely nothing, for it contains everything and gives examples of everything.

History justifies whatever we want it to. It teaches absolutely nothing, for it contains everything and gives examples of everything.

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: Follow the path of your aroused thought, and you will soon meet this infernal inscription: There is nothing so beautiful as that which does not exist.

Follow the path of your aroused thought, and you will soon meet this infernal inscription: There is nothing so beautiful as that which does not exist.

Paul Valery quotes: What golden hour of life, what glittering moment will ever equal the pain its loss can cause?

What golden hour of life, what glittering moment will ever equal the pain its loss can cause?

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

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

Paul Valery quotes: Photography invites one to give up any attempt to delineate such things as can delineate themselves.

Photography invites one to give up any attempt to delineate such things as can delineate themselves.

Paul Valery quotes: God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through.

God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through.

Paul Valery quotes: What Degas called 'a way of seeing' must consequently bear a wide enough interpretation to include way of being, power, knowledge, and will.

What Degas called 'a way of seeing' must consequently bear a wide enough interpretation to include way of being, power, knowledge, and will.

Paul Valery quotes: The folly of mistaking oneself for an oracle is built right into us.

The folly of mistaking oneself for an oracle is built right into us.

Paul Valery quotes: Admirable man, who know teeth by dreams, think you that all those of philosophers are decayed?

Admirable man, who know teeth by dreams, think you that all those of philosophers are decayed?

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: Power without abuse loses its charm.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

Paul Valery quotes: Stupidity is not my strong suit.

Stupidity is not my strong suit.

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: The only truths which are universal are those gross enough to be thought so.

The only truths which are universal are those gross enough to be thought so.

Paul Valery quotes: The wind is rising... we must attempt to live.

The wind is rising... we must attempt to live.

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: Taste is made of a thousand distastes

Taste is made of a thousand distastes

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: A poet's work consists less in seeking words for his ideas than in seeking ideas for his words and predominant rhythms.

A poet's work consists less in seeking words for his ideas than in seeking ideas for his words and predominant rhythms.

Paul Valery quotes: An alone man is always badly accompanied.

An alone man is always badly accompanied.

Paul Valery quotes: Poetry is a separate language, or more specifically, a language within a language.

Poetry is a separate language, or more specifically, a language within a language.

Paul Valery quotes: To enter into your own mind you need to be armed to the teeth.

To enter into your own mind you need to be armed to the teeth.

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

[Beauty is] that which makes us despair.

Paul Valery quotes: Man cannot bear his own portrait. The image of his limits and his own determinacy exasperates him, drives him mad.

Man cannot bear his own portrait. The image of his limits and his own determinacy exasperates him, drives him mad.

Paul Valery quotes: Science is a collection of successful recipes.

Science is a collection of successful recipes.

Paul Valery quotes: That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.

That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.

Paul Valery quotes: No one is intimidated by logic, except logicians.

No one is intimidated by logic, except logicians.

Paul Valery quotes: At the end of the mind, the body. But at the end of the body, the mind.

At the end of the mind, the body. But at the end of the body, the mind.

Paul Valery quotes: Everything changes but the avant-garde.

Everything changes but the avant-garde.

Paul Valery quotes: It seems to me that the soul, when alone with itself and speaking to itself, uses only a small number of words, none of them extraordinary.

It seems to me that the soul, when alone with itself and speaking to itself, uses only a small number of words, none of them extraordinary.

Paul Valery quotes: Stupidity is not my strong point.

Stupidity is not my strong point.

Paul Valery quotes: Sometime I think; and sometime I am.

Sometime I think; and sometime I am.

Paul Valery quotes: To summarize a poem or put it into prose is quite simply to misunderstand the essence of an art.

To summarize a poem or put it into prose is quite simply to misunderstand the essence of an art.

Paul Valery quotes: But hope is only man's mistrust of the clear foresight of his mind.

But hope is only man's mistrust of the clear foresight of his mind.

Paul Valery quotes: Sometimes I think, sometimes I am .

Sometimes I think, sometimes I am .

Paul Valery quotes: What one wrote playfully, another reads with tension and passion; what one wrote with tension and passion, another reads playfully.

What one wrote playfully, another reads with tension and passion; what one wrote with tension and passion, another reads playfully.

Paul Valery quotes: I know nothing more stupid and indeed vulgar than wanting to be right.

I know nothing more stupid and indeed vulgar than wanting to be right.

Paul Valery quotes: At times I think and at times I am.

At times I think and at times I am.

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: Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

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

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Paul Valery quotes: There is no theory that is not a fragment, carefully prepared, of some autobiography.

There is no theory that is not a fragment, carefully prepared, of some autobiography.

Paul Valery quotes: History is the science of what never happens twice.

History is the science of what never happens twice.

Paul Valery quotes: One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.

One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.

Paul Valery quotes: How can one not feel enthusiasm for the man who never said anything vague?

How can one not feel enthusiasm for the man who never said anything vague?

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: Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.

Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.

Paul Valery quotes: The great virtues of the German people have created more evils than idleness ever did vices

The great virtues of the German people have created more evils than idleness ever did vices

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

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

Paul Valery quotes: Whatever we succeed in doing is a transformation of something we have failed to do. Thus, when we fail, it is only because we have given up.

Whatever we succeed in doing is a transformation of something we have failed to do. Thus, when we fail, it is only because we have given up.

Paul Valery quotes: The mind has transformed the world, and the world is repaying it with interest. It has led man where he had no idea how to go.

The mind has transformed the world, and the world is repaying it with interest. It has led man where he had no idea how to go.

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: To penetrate one's being, one must go armed to the teeth.

To penetrate one's being, one must go armed to the teeth.

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: Every beginning is a consequence - every beginning ends some thing.

Every beginning is a consequence - every beginning ends some thing.

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

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

Paul Valery quotes: Cognition reigns but does not rule.

Cognition reigns but does not rule.