Paul Valery

Politeness is organized indifference. ↗

— Paul Valery

#organized #politeness

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it. ↗

— Paul Valery

#artist #finishes #his #merely #never

At times I think and at times I am. ↗

— Paul Valery

#i #i am #i think #think #times

A poem is never finished, only abandoned. ↗

— Paul Valery

#abandoned #finished #never #only #poem

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. ↗

— Paul Valery

#companion #created #feel #finding #gave

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

— Paul Valery

#gone #great #great man #leaves #loss

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through. ↗

— Paul Valery

#everything #god #made #nothing #nothingness

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator. ↗

— Paul Valery

#calculator #dancer #hybrid

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows. ↗

— Paul Valery

#exposes #fellows #judge #judgments #more

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. ↗

— Paul Valery

#best #best way #come #make #our dreams