“Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.”
“Love is being stupid together.”
“Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.”
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Quotations from Paul Valery
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“Stupidity is not my strong suit.”
Of course that was Teste, not Valery…
“The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.”
That must be in TGS
He’s certainly no Don Colacho.
Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.
This sounds like some ancient Eastern wisdom that emphasizes the middle way..
Thanks to Historians, the past is also not what it used to be.
“God made everything from nothing, but the nothingness shows through.”
Love is being miserable together.
““Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.”
Ah, but do they have the same friends? Love and laxatives.
I know that DSK is not Paul Valery but PV would have been proud of his countryman.
For your Spanish readers, DSK’s last words before Elliot Stabler showed up
‘¡Bonito culo!’
as reported in
http://www.elmundo.es/america/2011/05/19/estados_unidos/1305821000.html?a=4e4a73ea784a3f0cc6e7ffe3cadd81e2&t=1305823115&numero=
“Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.”
That is to say, fire and ice.
Two forces constantly create and shape the world: order and disorder.
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