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There is a law in life: When one door closes to us another one opens.

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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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Film Producer
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Paris
France
André Paul Guillaume Gide
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Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain.
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Man's first and greatest victory must be won against the gods.
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Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned
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When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent.
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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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Other people's appetites easily appear excessive when one doesn't share them.
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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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The most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow itself to be recognized.
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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.
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One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything, and consequently get nothing.
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To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it.
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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
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One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
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The belief that becomes truth for me... is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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One completely overcomes only what one assimilates.
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Are you then unable to recognize unless it has the same sound as yours?
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