A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
ANDRE GIDEThe true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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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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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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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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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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