Kimi zaman penceredeki manzara, duvara asılmış bir tablodur yalnızca; kimi zaman oda, orada olmamı değil, bütünü görmemi engelleyen, ağaçlar arasında bir kabuktan başka bir şey değildir.
Paul ValéryEn iyi yapıt, gizini uzun süre saklayandır. Uzun süre bir gizi olduğu bile anlaşılmaz.
Paul ValéryIngres’ pencil pursues ideal grace to the point of monstrosity: the spine never long and supple enough, the neck flexible enough, the thighs smooth enough, or all the curves of the body sufficiently beguiling to the eye, which envelopes and caresses more than it seems them. The Odalisque, with a hint of the plesiosaurus about her, makes one wonder what might have resulted from a carefully controlled selection, through the centuries, of a breed of woman specially designed for pleasure – as the English horse is bred for racing.
Paul ValéryWhat a pity to see a mind as great as Napoleon's devoted to trivial things such as empires, historic events, the thundering of cannons and of men; he believed in glory, in posterity, in Caesar; nations in turmoil and other trifles absorbed all his attention ... How could he fail to see that what really mattered was something else entirely?
Paul ValéryStichwörter: napoleon
Sentimentul de a fi tot si evidenta de a nu fi nimic.
Paul ValéryPoetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.
Paul ValéryL'histoire est le produit le plus dangereux que la chimie de l'intellect ait élaboré. Ses propriétés sont bien connues. Il fait rêver, il enivre les peuples, leur engendre de faux souvenirs, exagère leurs réflexes, entretient leurs vieilles plaies, les tourmente dans leur repos, les conduit au délire des grandeurs ou à celui de la persécution, et rend les nations amères, superbes, insupportables et vaines.
L'histoire justifie ce que l'on veut. Elle n'enseigne rigoureusement rien, car elle contient tout, et donne des exemples de tout.
Stichwörter: history nationalism historiography histoire philosophie-d-histoire
I am not averse to generalizing the notion of "modern" to designate a certain way of life, rather than making it purely a synonym of 'contemporary'. There are moments and places in history to which 'we moderns' could return without too greatly disturbing the harmony of those times, without seeming objects infinitely curious and conspicuous... creatures shocking, dissonant, and unassailable.
Paul ValéryStichwörter: the-crisis-of-the-mind
We see now that the abyss of history is deep enough to hold us all.
Paul ValéryStichwörter: the-crisis-of-the-mind
But hope is only man's mistrust of the clear foresight of his mind.
Paul ValéryStichwörter: the-crisis-of-the-mind
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