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Andre Gide Quote - One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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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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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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The color of truth is gray.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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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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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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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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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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