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Andre Gide Quote - What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.

What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.

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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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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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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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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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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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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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Art Human Labor Masterpiece Overcome Resistance
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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Dare to be yourself.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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