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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.
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The very act of sacrifice magnifies the one who sacrifices himself to the point where his sacrifice is much more costly to humanity than would have been the loss of those for whom he is sacrificing himself. But in his abnegation lies the secret of his grandeur.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death
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Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.
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How much more sensuality invites to art than does sentimentality.
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Christianity, above all, consoles but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently Christianity begins by making such souls unhappy, for otherwise it would have no power over them.
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The only real education comes from what goes counter to you.
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There is a law in life: When one door closes to us another one opens.
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To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it.
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It is now, and in this world, that we must live.
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An artist cannot get along without a public and when the public is absent, what does he do? He invents it, and turning his back on his age, he looks toward the future for what the present denies.
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It is often so: the harder it is to hear, the more a truth is worth saying.
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