Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
ANDRE GIDEWork and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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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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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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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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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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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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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 cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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