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A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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Our deeds attach themselves to us like the flame to phosphorus. They constitute our brilliance, to be sure, but only in so far as they consume us.
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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 difficulty comes from this, that Christianity (Christian orthodoxy) is exclusive and that belief in its truth excludes belief in any other truth. It does not absorb it repulses.
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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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The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.
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Solitude is bearable only with God.
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Believe in your strength and your vision. Learn to repeat to yourself, 'It all depends on me'.
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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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When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.
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The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations.
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To be sure, theory is useful. But without warmth of heart and without love it bruises the very ones it claims to save.
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Other people's appetites easily appear excessive when one doesn't share them.
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By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.
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It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.
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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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