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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.

Andre Gide

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDE

Complete Giving Possess Prove
Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
ANDRE GIDE

Love Positive Reason Wisdom
Prejudices are the props of civilization.
ANDRE GIDE

Civilization One Liner Prejudice
I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
ANDRE GIDE

Beyond Flower Hands Love Path She Smile Warm
There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
ANDRE GIDE

Close Door Inspirational Law Life Open
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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Answer Console Insult People
Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Die Fall Fish Motivational Rise Surface
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.
ANDRE GIDE

Beautiful Difficult Discover Embrace Important Joy Moral Obligation Sad
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
ANDRE GIDE

Beginning Healing Inspirational Listen
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.
ANDRE GIDE

Company Ideas Reading Travel Writer
Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
ANDRE GIDE

God Himself Interesting Man Men Precious
A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
ANDRE GIDE

Except Objective Path Straight Travel
Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
ANDRE GIDE

Deep Envy Happiness Madness Man
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.
ANDRE GIDE

Life Live Obligation Truth
Dare to be yourself.
ANDRE GIDE

Be Yourself Dare One Liner
Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
ANDRE GIDE

Beget Coward Fear One Liner Worse

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