Paul Valery , French poet

said about Discovery, Folly, Metaphor, Oracle, Paradox, Proof, Spring...

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"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."
- Paul Valery

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