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Paul Valery Quotes
«God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly»
«Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business.»
Author: Paul Valery
(Critic, Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Art,
Business,
Politicians,
Politics
| Keywords:
noses, preventing, properly, sticking
«Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows»
Author: Paul Valery
(Critic, Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Judgement
| Keywords:
exposes, fellows, ingeniously, judgments, pronouncing, weaknesses
«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.»
«Politeness is organized indifference»
Author: Paul Valery
(Critic, Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Politeness
| Keywords:
indifference, organized, politeness
«War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other»