A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator. Paul Valery businessmancalculatordancer Change image and share on social
Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows. Paul Valery attitudeexposefellow Change image and share on social
That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false. Paul Valery acceptfalse Change image and share on social
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. Paul Valery futuretimetrouble Change image and share on social
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 absurdfindgreat Change image and share on social
A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas. Paul Valery artdeprivedifficulty Change image and share on social
To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts. Paul Valery destroydistantfine Change image and share on social
Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder. Paul Valery constantlydangerdisorder Change image and share on social
History is the science of things which are not repeated. Paul Valery historyrepeatscience Change image and share on social
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. Paul Valery capitaldiscoveryfolly Change image and share on social
