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 GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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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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Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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The color of truth is gray.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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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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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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