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The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.

Andre Gide

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
ANDRE GIDE

Freedom Inspirational Oneself
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Complete Giving Possess Prove
Dare to be yourself.
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Be Yourself Dare One Liner
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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Answer Console Insult People
He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Deep Motivational Respect Rose Thorn Want
Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Compliment Expression Man Silly
Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Attachment Life Welcome
God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Achievement Depend God
Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Depression Fatigue Saf
Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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Age Old Youth
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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Art Human Labor Masterpiece Overcome Resistance
Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Doubt Finding Trust Truth
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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God Himself Interesting Man Men Precious
Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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Deep Envy Happiness Madness Man
Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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Beautiful Difficult Discover Embrace Important Joy Moral Obligation Sad
The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.
ANDRE GIDE

Life Live Obligation Truth

The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.

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