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Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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It is not becoming to lay to virtue the weariness of old age.
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Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship.
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Man's first and greatest victory must be won against the gods.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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The scholar seeks truth, the artist finds.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death
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It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the reality of daily life.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
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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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We call happiness a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy.
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The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes.
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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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It is one of life's laws that as soon as one door closes another opens. But the tragedy is we look at the closed door and disregard the open one.
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