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The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him -- I could hit on nothing that wasn't charming. It's wonderful how hard I find it not to be fascinating.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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What seems different in yourself that's the rare thing you possess. The one thing that gives each of us his worth, and that's just what we try to suppress. And we claim to love life.
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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage my whole being surges toward the bars.
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Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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We no longer admit any other truth than that which is expedient for there is no worse error than the truth that may weaken the arm that is fighting.
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The world will be saved by one or two people.
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Enduring fame is promised only to those writers who can offer to successive generations a substance constantly renewed for every generation arrives upon the scene with its own particular hunger.
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The important thing is being capable of emotions, but to experience only one's own would be a sorry limitation.
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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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The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.
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Each of us really understands in others only those feelings he is capable of producing himself.
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If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.
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Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.
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If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.
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There is no feeling so simple that it is not immediately complicated and distorted by introspection.
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Often with good sentiments we produce bad literature.
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Do not scorn little victories.
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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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