Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
ANDRE GIDEThere is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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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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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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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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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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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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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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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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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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The color of truth is gray.
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