Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEBelieve those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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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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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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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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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Dare to be yourself.
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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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