“to live means to lack something at every moment”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
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Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
La guerre, c'est un massacre de gens qui ne se connaissent pas, au profit de gens qui se connaissent, mais ne se massacrent pas.
Bizarre, issues 24-31 (1962), p. 102
This apocryphal quote from Paul Valéry is never precisely sourced: neither on the internet nor in the works we have consulted. See: https://www.guichetdusavoir.org/question/voir/52650
“Geometry is to the plastic arts what grammar is to the art of the writer.”
Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918) French poet
La géométrie est aux arts plastiques ce que la grammaire est à l'art de l'écrivain.
Les peintres cubistes (1913), reprinted in Oeuvres en prose complètes (Paris: Gallimard, 1991) vol. 2, p. 11; translation from Lionel Abel (trans.) The Cubist Painters (New York: Wittenborn, 1949) p. 13.
“the biggest risk is to take no risk. or to take crazy risks.”
John Marsden libro Tomorrow, When the War Began
Origine: Tomorrow, When the War Began
“A man without ambition is like a bird without wings”
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish artist
Origine: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/10/14/wings/
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
“It matters if you don't just give up.”
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
Attributed in Going Within (1990) http://books.google.com/books?id=buVs1VVUZakC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA303#v=onepage&q&f=false by Shirley MacLaine, p. 303 <br class="br">Attributed
“People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.”
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
A.A. Milne libro Winnie-the-Pooh
Origine: Winnie-the-Pooh
“Pooh, how do you spell love?' 'You don't spell love Piglet, you feel it”
A.A. Milne (1882–1956) British author
Variante: How do you spell love?
You don't spell it, you feel it.
“I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.”
A.A. Milne libro Winnie-the-Pooh
Origine: Winnie-the-Pooh
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
Henry James (1843–1916) American novelist, short story author, and literary critic
Overheard by his nephew, Billy James, in 1902; quoted in Leon Edel, Henry James: A Life, vol V: The Master 1901-1916 (1972).