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Nothing blocks happiness like happiness remembered.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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André Paul Guillaume Gide
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Nothing excellent can be done without leisure.
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The very act of sacrifice magnifies the one who sacrifices himself to the point where his sacrifice is much more costly to humanity than would have been the loss of those for whom he is sacrificing himself. But in his abnegation lies the secret of his grandeur.
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Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.
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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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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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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 with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.
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The true return to nature is the definitive return to the elements-death.
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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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We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves.
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Whither should we aim if not towards God?
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Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes
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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 most decisive actions of our life - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future - are, more often than not, unconsidered.
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Actions whose motives he cannot understand that is, actions not prompted by the hope of profit.
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Believe in your strength and your vision. Learn to repeat to yourself, 'It all depends on me'.
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It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
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To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it.
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The loveliest creations of men are persistently painful. What would be the description of happiness? Nothing, except what prepares and then what destroys it.
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Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship.
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