In the physical world, one cannot increase the size or quantity of anything without changing its quality. Similar figures exist only in pure geometry.
Paul ValeryIf what has happened in the one person were communicated directly to the other, all art would collapse, all the effects of art would disappear.
Paul ValeryGod created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
Paul Valery