Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDESeize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Dare to be yourself.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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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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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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