Prejudices are the props of civilization.
ANDRE GIDEEnvying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Only fools don’t contradict 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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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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