Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEFear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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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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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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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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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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The color of truth is gray.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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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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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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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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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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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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