The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
ANDRE GIDEThere is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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