Paul Valéry Quote

Everyman has his back to his death, like the talker leaning against the mantelpiece.


Poems in the Rough: Collected Works of Paul Valéry (1969)


Everyman has his back to his death, like the talker leaning against the mantelpiece.

Everyman has his back to his death, like the talker leaning against the mantelpiece.

Everyman has his back to his death, like the talker leaning against the mantelpiece.

Everyman has his back to his death, like the talker leaning against the mantelpiece.