Quote #27

Modern man no longer works at what cannot be abbreviated.

More from Paul Valery

  1. Ma main se sent touchee aussi bien qu'elle touche ; reel veut dire cela, et rien de plus.
  2. On a toujours cherche des explications quand c'etait des representations qu'on pouvait seulement essaye d'inventer.
  3. A poem is never finished; it's always an accident that puts a stop to it-that is to say, gives it to the public.
  4. The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
  5. A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
  6. The future is not what it used to be.
  7. A good poet is of no more use to his country than a good petanque player.
  8. The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

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