Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
ANDRE GIDESin is whatever obscures the soul.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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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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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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