Man’s great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Paul Valery
Politics is the art of preventing people…
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Paul Valery
That which has been believed by everyone…
That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Paul Valery
That which has always been accepted by e…
That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Paul Valery
The best way to make your dreams come tr…
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Paul Valery
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a d…
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.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Paul Valery
The trouble with our times is that the f…
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Paul Valery
Two dangers constantly threaten the worl…
Two dangers constantly threaten the world order and disorder.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Paul Valery
What others think of us would be of litt…
What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Paul Valery