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To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.

Andre Gide

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
ANDRE GIDE

Freedom Inspirational Oneself
Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
ANDRE GIDE

Deep Envy Happiness Madness Man
Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Death Kill Man Method Perfection Society
Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Compliment Expression Man Silly
Dare to be yourself.
ANDRE GIDE

Be Yourself Dare One Liner
Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
ANDRE GIDE

Doubt Finding Trust Truth
Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
ANDRE GIDE

Contradict Fools One Liner Themselves
What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
ANDRE GIDE

Destroy Happiness Narrative Preparation
To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
ANDRE GIDE

Company Ideas Reading Travel Writer
There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
ANDRE GIDE

Attempt Encouragement Impossible Motivational
Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
ANDRE GIDE

Attachment Life Welcome
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
ANDRE GIDE

Cease Deception Life Sincere Wisdom
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDE

Complete Giving Possess Prove
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
ANDRE GIDE

Fear Monster Warrant
But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
ANDRE GIDE

Age Habit Live Resolution
The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.
ANDRE GIDE

Life Live Obligation Truth

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