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Born in October 30, 1871 / Died in July 20, 1945 / France / French

Quotes by Paul Valéry

A man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
Love is being stupid together.
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.
A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.
Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.
At times I think and at times I am.