Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
ANDRE GIDEIt is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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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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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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The color of truth is gray.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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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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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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