A great man is one who leaves others at... by Paul Valery | We Heart Quotes

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A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

- Paul Valery

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At times I think and at times I am.

- Paul Valery

Years

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.

- Paul Valery

Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

- Paul Valery

An attitude of permanent indignation signifies great mental poverty. Politics compels it votaries to take that line and you can see their minds growing more impoverished every day, from one burst of righteous indignation to the next.

- Paul Valery

Idea

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.

- Paul Valery

Art People

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.

- Paul Valery

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