30th October: Paul Valery quotes

Paul Valéry, the French writer and philosopher, was born on this date in 1871. 10 quotes:

1. The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
2. A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.
3. Love is being stupid together.
4. An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
5. Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.
6. Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.
7. Politeness is organised indifference.
8. A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
9. The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
10. God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through.