There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
ANDRE GIDEEvery instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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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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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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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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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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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