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„Herceg, hol vannak már azóta”
François Villon (1431–1463) francia reneszánsz költő
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„Addig kutyabarát, míg csontot oszt.<br”
François Villon (1431–1463) francia reneszánsz költő
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„Herceg, hogy hol vannak, hétszámra”
François Villon (1431–1463) francia reneszánsz költő
Ballada a hajdani idők dámáiról
“We have always sought explanations when it was only representations that we could seek to invent.”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Original: (fr) On a toujours cherché des explications quand c’était des représentations qu’on pouvait seulement essayé d’inventer.
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“Modern man no longer works at what cannot be abbreviated.”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
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“My hand feels touched as well as it touches; reality says this, and nothing more.”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Original: (fr) Ma main se sent touchée aussi bien qu’elle touche ; réel veut dire cela, et rien de plus.
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“A good poet is of no more use to his country than a good petanque player.”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
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“A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
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Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
But, further, since he who constructs or creates has to deal with the rest of the world and with the movement of nature, which both tend perpetually to dissolve, corrupt or upset what he makes, he must recognize and seek to communicate to his works a third principle, that expresses the resistance he wishes them to offer to their destiny, which is to perish. So he seeks solidity or lastingness.
Socrates, pp. 128–9
Eupalinos ou l'architecte (1921)
“Is not to meditate to deepen oneself in Order?”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Lucretius, p. 173
Dialogue de l'arbre (1943)
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Eryximachus to Phaedrus, p. 43
L'Âme et la danse (1921)
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Socrates, p. 125
Valéry alludes to a famous pensée of Blaise Pascal: 'The eternal silence of these infinite spaces affrights me.' (Pensées, no. 201).
Eupalinos ou l'architecte (1921)
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Socrates, pp. 147–8
Eupalinos ou l'architecte (1921)
“The greatest liberty is born of the greatest rigor.”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Socrates, p. 131
Eupalinos ou l'architecte (1921)
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Source: Regards sur le monde actuel [Reflections on the World Today] (1931), p. 156
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Eryximachus, p. 46
L'Âme et la danse (1921)