Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEThe most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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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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The color of truth is gray.
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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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