He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
ANDRE GIDEFear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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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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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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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.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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The color of truth is gray.
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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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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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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