Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEEverything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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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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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
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What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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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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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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