The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. — Paul Valery
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Paul Valery : French Poet
Born: October 30, 1871
Died: July 20, 1945
Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and gr…
The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom,…
Beauty and folly are old companions. Benjamin Franklin…
For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom. Jo…
Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law ca…
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance. Beverly S…
Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and gr…
The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom,…
Beauty and folly are old companions. Benjamin Franklin…
For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom. Jo…
Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law ca…
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance. Beverly S…
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubt…
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better t…
Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolut…
The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one beg…
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little carele…
The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and ju…
In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, …
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor….
The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the fa…
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have s…
I realise there’s an innate paradox in promoting oneself on …
It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most …
Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving …
The metaphor I’ve used is… somebody’s going to push my fam…
