Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
ANDRE GIDEOnly those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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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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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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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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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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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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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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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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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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