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Paul Valery quotes

French Poet October 30, 1871 – July 20, 1945

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Paul Valery quote: "Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity,..."
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. Paul Valery
Paul Valery quote: "The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it..."
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. Paul Valery
Paul Valery quote: "At times I think and at times I am."
At times I think and at times I am. Paul Valery
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
Paul Valery quote: "A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide..."
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
What a pity to see a mind as great as Napoleon's devoted to trivial things such as empires, historic events, the thundering of cannons and of men; he believed in glory, in posterity, in Caesar; nations in turmoil and other trifles absorbed all his attention...How could he fail to see that what really mattered was something else entirely? Paul Valery
Paul Valery quote: "The confused murmur of his nights began to rise, expected but..."
The confused murmur of his nights began to rise, expected but not familiar Paul Valery
Paul Valery quote: "Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking."
Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking. Paul Valery
Paul Valery quote: "God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows..."
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through. Paul Valery
Paul Valery quote: "The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is..."
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
Paul Valery quote: "Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our..."
Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our emotions. Paul Valery
Paul Valery quote: "My hand feels touched as well as it touches; reality says..."
My hand feels touched as well as it touches; reality says this, and nothing more. Paul Valery
What one wrote playfully, another reads with tension and passion; what one wrote with tension and passion, another reads playfully. Paul Valery
Paul Valery quote: "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
Paul Valery quote: "An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it."
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it. Paul Valery

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