“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.”
“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 Valery
“The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be.”
Paul Valery“God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.”
Paul Valery“A poem is never finished, only abandoned.”
Paul Valery“An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.”
Paul Valery“A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.”
Paul Valery“The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds.”
Paul Valery“The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.”
Paul Valery“God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.”
Paul Valery“Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.”
Paul Valery“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.”
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