Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
ANDRE GIDEMan 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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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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The color of truth is gray.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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