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Andre Gide Quote - To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.

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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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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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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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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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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To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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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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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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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What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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