Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
ANDRE GIDEThere is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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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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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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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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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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 most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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The color of truth is gray.
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Dare to be yourself.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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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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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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