Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEWe should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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