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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.

Andre Gide

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
ANDRE GIDE

Courage Discover Inspirational Lose Man Ocean Risk Shore Sight
I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Horror Love Mankind Men
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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Life Live Obligation Truth
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Complete Giving Possess Prove
Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Attachment Life Welcome
Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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Age Old Youth
Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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Art Human Labor Masterpiece Overcome Resistance
Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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Acceptance Giving Pleasure Poverty Slave
Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Doubt Finding Trust Truth
But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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Age Habit Live Resolution
I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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Beyond Flower Hands Love Path She Smile Warm
Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Beautiful Madness Reason Writing
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Fear Monster Warrant
A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Except Objective Path Straight Travel
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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Be Yourself Deep Hate Love
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRE GIDE

Consent Discover Inspirational Lose Shore Sight Time

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