Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
ANDRE GIDEIn other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Dare to be yourself.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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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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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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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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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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