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.

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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.
-- Paul Valery, 1895

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.
Paul Valery...
Our judgements judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.
-- Paul Valery...
A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator. -- Paul Valery
Love is being stupid together. -- Paul Valery
Achilles cannot defeat the tortoise if he thinks of space and time -- Paul Valery
A poem is never finished, only abandoned. -- Paul Valery (1871-1945)
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through. -- Paul Valery

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.

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