“ War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other. Paul Valery
“ Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows. Paul Valery
“ The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds. Paul Valery
“ Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature. 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. Paul Valery
“ Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This ... is a precious gift. Paul Valery
