“In most cases, when the lion, weary of obeying its master, has torn and devoured him, its nerves are pacified and it looks round for another master before whom to grovel.” LooksCasesMastersRevolutionRoundsNervesLionsWearyTornObeying Author:Paul Valery
“Every social system is more or less against nature, and at every moment nature is at work to reclaim her rights.” MomentsSocialRightsSocietySocial Systems Author:Paul Valery
“The only treaties that ought to count are those which would effect a settlement between ulterior motives.” EffectsOughtMotiveTreatiesSettlementUlterior Motive Author:Paul Valery
“There are two ways to aquire the niceties of life: 1) To produce them or 2) To plunder them. When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” MenWayTwoTogetherCoursesMoralGroupsProduceCodeTwo WaysMonetaryGlorifyProperty RightsPlunderLegal SystemLiving TogetherBanking SystemMoral CodeMonetary SystemSystems Of GovernmentNiceties Author:Paul Valery
“In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.” WellsSaidImpossible Author:Paul Valery
“A difficulty is a light. An insurmountable difficulty is a sun.” LightSunMindfulnessDifficultyInsurmountable Author:Paul Valery