Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
ANDRE GIDEFear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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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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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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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.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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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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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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