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An opinion, though it is original, does not necessarily differ from the accepted opinion the important thing is that it does not try to conform to it.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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Christianity, above all, consoles but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently Christianity begins by making such souls unhappy, for otherwise it would have no power over them.
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Never have I been able to settle in life. Always seated askew, as if on the arm of a chair ready to get up, to leave.
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A work of art is an exaggeration.
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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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He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands on others.
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There is no feeling so simple that it is not immediately complicated and distorted by introspection.
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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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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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There's a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open.
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