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Quotes from Tel Quel — Paul Valéry

1871–1945 France

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5 quotes

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

Tel Quel (1943)

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.

Tel Quel (1943)

God created man, and finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a female companion so that he might feel his solitude more acutely.

Tel Quel (1943)

Politics is the art of stopping people from minding their own business.

Tel Quel (1943)

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.

Tel Quel (1943)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Paul Valéry (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.