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There's a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open.

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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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Through fear of resembling one another, through horror of having to submit, through uncertainty as well, through skepticism and complexity, there is a multitude of individual little beliefs for the triumph of strange little individuals.
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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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Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.
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Understanding is the beginning of approving.
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.
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Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.
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Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable.
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I am lost if I attempt to take count of chronology. When I think over the past, I am like a person whose eyes cannot properly measure distances and is liable to think things extremely remote which on examination prove to be quite near.
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The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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