Prejudices are the props of civilization.
ANDRE GIDEPoverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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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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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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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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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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