The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
ANDRE GIDEFear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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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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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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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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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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