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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.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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There is no feeling so simple that it is not immediately complicated and distorted by introspection.
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In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future.
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Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more apt he is to attach himself to it.
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Whither should we aim if not towards God?
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An opinion, though it is original, does not necessarily differ from the accepted opinion the important thing is that it does not try to conform to it.
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What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer.
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Sadness is a state of sin.
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The individual never asserts himself more than when he forgets himself.
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I have never produced anything good except by a long succession of slight efforts.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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I prefer granting with a good grace what I know I shan't be able to prevent.
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