Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
ANDRE GIDEArt begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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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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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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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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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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