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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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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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Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.
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Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.
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Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Faith can move mountains true: mountains of stupidity.
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The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage my whole being surges toward the bars.
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I have no use for knowledge that has not been preceded by a sensation
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Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination.
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Man's first and greatest victory must be won against the gods.
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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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I intend to bring you strength, joy, courage, perspicacity, defiance.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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The pettiness of a mind can be measured by the pettiness of its adoration or its blasphemy.
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What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.
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The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.
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Nothing is good for everyone, but only relatively to some people.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.
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In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future.
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