At times I think and at times I am.... -Paul Valery

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At times I think and at times I am.

Paul Valery , Poet
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Paul Valery Quotes to Explore

At times I think and at times I am....
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....
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly....
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through....
In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well....
A poem is never finished, only abandoned....
A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone....
That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false....
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business....
The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds....

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An education system suits some more than others. It can lead you out into life or lead you on a wild goose chase. It can help to make you miserable, o...
I always knew I was brainy. It struck me when I was a child that I wanted to be an adult because I never felt I belonged among children whose minds we...
The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught....
The new industries are brainy industries and so-called knowledge workers tend to like to be near other people who are the same. Think of the City of H...
I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing ...
Starting probably with Janeane Garofalo and that era of stand-up ladies who were starting to be more brainy and strong and clever, guys started notici...
Sometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive....
Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reass...
I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the footbal...
Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts....