Oh, hasten not this loving act, Rapture where self and not-self meet: My life has been the awaiting you, Your footfall was my own heart's beat.
Paul ValeryAll nations have present, or past, or future reasons for thinking themselves incomparable.
Paul ValeryHistory justifies whatever we want it to. It teaches absolutely nothing, for it contains everything and gives examples of everything.
Paul ValeryI thought it necessary to study history, even to study it deeply, in order to obtain a clear meaning of our immediate time.
Paul Valery