Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
ANDRE GIDESo long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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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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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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The color of truth is gray.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Complete 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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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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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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