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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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If only we could lean over the soul we love and see as in a mirror the image we cast!
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If the flower were not attached to its stem, it would flee at the approach of man, like the insect or the bird for the attribute of man on the earth, at least as long as he does not better understand his role, is to worry and frighten what he is not interested in taming for utilitarian purposes. Man is skillful in mistreating everything he can use
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Often the best in us springs from the worst in us.
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Do not scorn little victories.
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The individual man tries to escape the race. And as soon as he ceases to represent the race, he represents man.
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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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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.
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Each thought becomes an anxiety in my brain. I am becoming the ugliest of all things: a busy man.
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True eloquence forgoes eloquence.
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Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.
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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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When everything belongs to everyone, nobody will take care of anything.
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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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Nothing blocks happiness like happiness remembered.
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