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Letter "P" » Paul Valery Quotes
«A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.»
«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
«A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.»
«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»
«A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.»
«The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best»
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