The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
ANDRE GIDENothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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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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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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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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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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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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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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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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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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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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