Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEI can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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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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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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The color of truth is gray.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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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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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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