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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.

Andre Gide

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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God Himself Interesting Man Men Precious
Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Optimism Profound Torture
But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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Age Habit Live Resolution
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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Beginning Healing Inspirational Listen
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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Freedom Inspirational Oneself
Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Joy Moments Preparation Unique
Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Acceptance Change Evil Motivational Struggle Work
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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Life Live Obligation Truth
In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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Bore Company Dull Feeling Gloom People Welcome
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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Be Yourself Deep Hate Love
Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Civilization One Liner Prejudice
It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Adventure Believe Finding People Success
Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Beget Coward Fear One Liner Worse
Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Depression Fatigue Saf
Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Beautiful Madness Reason Writing
You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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Answer Console Insult People

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