What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
ANDRE GIDESin is whatever obscures the soul.
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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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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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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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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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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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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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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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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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