Paul Valery's Quotes
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
Paul ValeryAt times I think and at times I am.
Paul ValeryGod made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.
Paul ValeryLove is being stupid together.
Paul ValeryOur judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.
Paul ValeryThe 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 ValeryThe best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
Paul ValeryGod created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
Paul ValeryA great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.
Paul ValeryThe trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
Paul ValeryA poem is never finished, only abandoned.
Paul ValeryIn poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.
Paul ValeryPolitics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.
Paul Valery