Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
ANDRE GIDE
To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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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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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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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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