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True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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Atheism. There is not a single exalting and emancipating influence that does not in turn become inhibitory.
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Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! And without too many regrets, if possible! Those from which the sap has withdrawn. But, good Lord, what beautiful colors!
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One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists upon having the last word.
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Obsessions of the Orient, of the desert, of its ardor and its emptiness, of the shadows of palm gardens, of the garments white and wide - obsessions where the senses go berserk, where nerves are exasperated, and which made me, at the onset of each night, believe sleep impossible.
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Chastity more rarely follows fear, or a resolution, or a vow, than it is the mere effect of lack of appetite and, sometimes even, of distaste.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands on others.
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It is better to fail at your own life than to succeed at someone else's.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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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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Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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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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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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The color of truth is gray.
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To win ones joy through struggle is better than to yield to melancholy.
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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 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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One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
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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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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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