Valéry, Paul (Paul Valéry)

A man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.


-- Paul Valéry

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
-- Paul Valéry

Science is a collection of successful recipes.
-- Paul Valéry

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
-- Paul Valéry

That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.
-- Paul Valéry


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