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Paul Valéry

Quote of Paul Valéry - One should be light like a...


Biography - Paul Valéry:

French poet, essayist and philosopher.
Born: 1871 - Died: 1945
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.


One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.

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Translation

Translation

(French, German, Spanish)



French
Il faut être léger comme l'oiseau et non comme la plume.

German
Es gilt, leicht zu sein wie ein Vogel, nicht wie eine Feder.

Spanish
Hay que ser ligero como el ave, y no como la pluma.




See also 

See also...



The right man is the one who seizes the moment.




Quotes for: action


Quotes

Quotes about action:


I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions.





Often he who omits an act does injustice, not only he who commits an act.





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.





Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.











Quotes

Paul Valéry also said...


Men differ by what they show, and have in common what they hide.





Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.





The wind is rising!... We must try to live!





A very dangerous state of mind: thinking one understands.





The greatest liberty is born of the greatest rigor.





We civilizations now know ourselves mortal.












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