‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
ANDRE GIDESo long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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