I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
ANDRE GIDEComplete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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 only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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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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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Dare to be yourself.
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