Paul Valery Quotes
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A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.
Paul Valery
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Author Details:
Type:
Poet Quotes
Category:
French Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
October 30, 1871
Date of Death:
July 20, 1945
Nationality:
French
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Related Authors:
Charles Baudelaire
Arthur Rimbaud
Jean de La Fontaine
Andre Breton
Alphonse de Lamartine
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Alfred de Vigny
Raymond Queneau
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Select Paul Valery Quotations:
At times I think and at times I am.
Paul Valery
History is the science of things which are not repeated.
Paul Valery
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
Paul Valery
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
Paul Valery
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.
Paul Valery
Love is being stupid together.
Paul Valery
That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
Paul Valery
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Quote Keywords:
Art,
Deprive,
Difficulties,
Him,
His,
Ideas,
Inherent,
Man,
Poet,
Provide
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Art,
Deprive,
Difficulties,
Him,
His,
Ideas,
Inherent,
Man,
Poet,
Provide
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All Paul Valery Quotations:
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A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
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At times I think and at...
Books have the same enemies as...
God created man and, finding him...
God made everything out of nothing...
History is the science of things...
In poetry everything which must be...
Long years must pass before the...
Love is being stupid together.
Man's great misfortune is that he...
Our judgments judge us, and nothing...
Poe is the only impeccable writer...
Politeness is organized indifference.
Politics is the art of preventing...
Power without abuse loses its charm.
Science means simply the aggregate of...
Serious-minded people have few ideas...
That which has always been accepted...
That which has been believed by...
The best way to make your...
The folly of mistaking a paradox...
The history of thought may be...
The purpose of psychology is to...
The trouble with our times is...
The universe is built on a...
To write regular verses destroys an...
Two dangers constantly threaten the world...
War: a massacre of people who...
We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.
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