Paul Ambroise Valery Quotes


A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts. Paul Ambroise Valery Thought 75
If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. nothing in the paper today , we sigh. Paul Ambroise Valery Worry 70
Our judgments judge us; and nothing reveals us or exposes our weaknesses more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows. Paul Ambroise Valery Attitude 70
That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false. Paul Ambroise Valery Belief 64
Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious. Paul Ambroise Valery Creativity 60
What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves. Paul Ambroise Valery Self 59
Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh. Paul Ambroise Valery Truth 35
A work is never completed except by some accident such as weariness, satisfaction, the need to deliver, or death: for, in relation to who or what is making it, it can only be one stage in a series of inner transformations. Paul Ambroise Valery Work 34

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