Paul Valery Quotes and Quotations
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it. A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator. Conscience reigns but it does not govern. If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. 'Nothing in the paper today,' we sigh. Peace is a virtual, mute, sustained victory of potential powers against probable greeds. To penetrate one's being, one must go armed to the teeth. Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This ... is a precious gift.
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