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Category Archive: 1871

Paul Valery Quote: “Love is being stupid together….”

Love is being stupid together.

October 17, 2021 1871, French, October 30, Paul Valery, Quotes by Poets

Paul Valery Quote: “The best way to make your…”

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

October 17, 2021 1871, French, October 30, Paul Valery, Quotes by Poets

James Weldon Johnson Quote: “I believe it to be a…”

I believe it to be a fact that the colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.

October 9, 2021 1871, American, James Weldon Johnson, June 17, Quotes by Poets

Paul Valery Quote: “The folly of mistaking a paradox…”

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.

August 28, 2021 1871, French, October 30, Paul Valery, Quotes by Poets

Paul Valery Quote: “The purpose of psychology is to…”

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.

August 21, 2021 1871, French, October 30, Paul Valery, Quotes by Poets

James Weldon Johnson Quote: “Young man, young man, your arm’s…”

Young man, young man, your arm’s too short to box with God.

August 19, 2021 1871, American, James Weldon Johnson, June 17, Quotes by Poets

James Weldon Johnson Quote: “It is a struggle; for though…”

It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree.

June 12, 2021 1871, American, James Weldon Johnson, June 17, Quotes by Poets

Paul Valery Quote: “A man who is ‘of sound…”

A man who is ‘of sound mind’ is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.

May 25, 2021 1871, French, October 30, Paul Valery, Quotes by Poets

Paul Valery Quote: “To write regular verses destroys an…”

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts.

May 18, 2021 1871, French, October 30, Paul Valery, Quotes by Poets

James Weldon Johnson Quote: “As I look back now I…”

As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat.

April 12, 2021 1871, American, James Weldon Johnson, June 17, Quotes by Poets

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