It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
ANDRE GIDEWhat 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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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Dare to be yourself.
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