‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
ANDRE GIDEPoverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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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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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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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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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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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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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Dare to be yourself.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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