You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
ANDRE GIDEThere are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found 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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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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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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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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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