Paul Valéry

“Politeness is organized indifference.”

“Une philosophie doit etre portative.”

“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.”

“What one wrote playfully, another reads with tension and passion; what one wrote with tension and passion, another reads playfully.”

“L'éducation ne se borne pas à l'enfance et à l'adolescence. L'enseignement ne se limite pas à l'école. Toute la vie, notre milieu est notre éducation, et un éducateur à la fois sévère et dan...”

“Les livres ont les mêmes ennemis que l'homme : le feu, l'humide, les bêtes, le temps, et leur propre contenu.”