Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About Paul Valéry Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (French: [pɔl valeʁi]; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher.
More quotations from Paul Valéry A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Tags: thoughts Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email 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 More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Tags: art work completion abandoning Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email 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 More about this quote Tags: truth discovery knowledge error self paradox Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Tags: politics power people democracy control Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Tags: thoughts Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Tags: art work completion abandoning Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: truth discovery knowledge error self paradox Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Tags: politics power people democracy control Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email