Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry (30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned. Use this quote
In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature. Use this quote
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
