Best Paul Valery Quotes
- Science is feasible when the variables are few and can be enumerated; when their combinations are distinct and clear. We are tending toward the condition… Accounts
- In the physical world, one cannot increase the size or quantity of anything without changing its quality. Similar figures exist only in pure geometry. Anything Without
- Liberty is the hardest test that one can inflict on a people. To know how to be free is not given equally to all men… All
- History is the most dangerous product which the chemistry of the mind has concocted. Its properties are well known. It produces dreams and drunkenness. It… Arrogant
- Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences. Differences
- Just as water, gas, and electricity are brought into our houses from far off to satisfy our needs in response to a minimal effort, so… Appear
- An intelligent woman is a woman with whom one can be as stupid as one wants. Intelligent
- The wind is rising...we must attempt to live. Attempt
- Every man expects some miracle — either from his mind or from his body or from someone else or from events. Body
- No work of art is ever completed, it is only abandoned. Abandoned
- Nothing beautiful can be summarized. Beautiful
- History justifies whatever we want it to. It teaches absolutely nothing, for it contains everything and gives examples of everything. Absolutely
- If disorder is the rule with you, you will be penalized for installing order. Disorder
- Growing nations should remember that, in nature, no tree, though placed in the best conditions of light, soil, and plot, can continue to grow and… Best
- Order always weighs on the individual. Disorder makes him wish for the police or for death. These are two extreme circumstances in which human nature… Circumstances
- In most cases, when the lion, weary of obeying its master, has torn and devoured him, its nerves are pacified and it looks round for… Cases
- Every social system is more or less against nature, and at every moment nature is at work to reclaim her rights. Every Moment
- The only treaties that ought to count are those which would effect a settlement between ulterior motives. Count
- In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well. Almost Impossible
- A difficulty is a light. An insurmountable difficulty is a sun. Difficulty
- Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This is a precious gift. Accomplished
- We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate… Condemn
- To penetrate one's being, one must go armed to the teeth. Armed
- Conscience reigns but it does not govern. Conscience
- The folly of mistaking oneself for an oracle is built right into us. Built
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