Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
ANDRE GIDEFish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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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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The color of truth is gray.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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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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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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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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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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