“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.”
War
“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.”
ScienceAll Quotes by Paul Valery
“Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.”
Art“In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.”
Poetry“Love is being stupid together.”
Love“The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds.”
History“The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be.”
Future“A poem is never finished, only abandoned.”
Poetry“An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.”
Art“The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.”
Future“Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.”
Science“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.”
Best“God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.”
Alone“God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.”
God“Power without abuse loses its charm.”
Power“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.”
Science“History is the science of things which are not repeated.”
History“Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.”
Attitude