Famous Paul Valry Quotes

  • Those who cannot attack the thought, instead attack the thinker. – Paul Valry

    Those who cannot attack the thought, instead attack the thinker.– Paul Valry

  • What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves. – Paul Valry

    What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.– Paul Valry

  • Life blackens at the contact of truth. – Paul Valry

    Life blackens at the contact of truth.– Paul Valry

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

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

  • Degas is one of the very few painters who have given the floor its true importance. – Paul Valry

    Degas is one of the very few painters who have given the floor its true importance.– Paul Valry

  • Liberty is the hardest test that one can inflict on a people. – Paul Valry

    Liberty is the hardest test that one can inflict on a people.– Paul Valry

  • The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. – Paul Valry

    The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.– Paul Valry

  • Consciousness reigns but doesn’t govern. – Paul Valry

    Consciousness reigns but doesn’t govern.– Paul Valry