Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
ANDRE GIDENothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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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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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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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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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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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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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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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Dare to be yourself.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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