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Andre Gide Quote - Prejudices are the props of civilization.

Prejudices are the props of civilization.

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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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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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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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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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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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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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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Dare to be yourself.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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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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Acceptance Giving Pleasure Poverty Slave
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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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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