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True eloquence forgoes eloquence.

Andre Gide

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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.
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Each thought becomes an anxiety in my brain. I am becoming the ugliest of all things: a busy man.
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Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools.
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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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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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Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes
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An experience teaches only the good observer but far from seeking a lesson in it, everyone looks for an argument in experience, and everyone interprets the conclusion in his own way.
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I can't expect others to share my virtues. It's good enough for me if they share my vices.
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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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If life were organized, there would be no need for art.
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