Paul Valéry

Men differ by what they show, and have in common what they hide.

—Paul Valéry

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

—Paul Valéry

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

—Paul Valéry

Love is being stupid together.

—Paul Valéry

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

—Paul Valéry

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

—Paul Valéry

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.

—Paul Valéry

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 Valéry

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

—Paul Valéry

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

—Paul Valéry

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

—Paul Valéry

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

—Paul Valéry

At times I think and at times I am.

—Paul Valéry

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

—Paul Valéry