Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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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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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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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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