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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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  Truth Is, Knows, Obliged

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• Do not scorn little victories.

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  Victory, Littles, Scorn

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• Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable.

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  Success, Faithful, Being Faithful

  "The Fruits of the Earth". Book by André Gide, 1897.

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• It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

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  Long, Literature, Bent

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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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  Love Life, Giving, Trying

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• Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.

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  Single, Being Single, Venture

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• A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other.

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  Honesty, Mean, Desire

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• Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

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  Fall, Lakes, Sea

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• One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

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  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Andre Gide (2012). “The Counterfeiters: A Novel”, p.353, Vintage

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• How do you know that the fruit is ripe? Simply because it leaves the branch.

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  Maturity, Branches, Fruit

  Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.279, Routledge

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• The only real education comes from what goes counter to you.

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  Education, Real, Real Education

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• True eloquence forgoes eloquence.

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  Miscellaneous, Eloquence

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• Solitude is bearable only with God.

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  Solitude, Bearable

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• Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

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  Life, Change, Long

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• There are admirable potentialities in every human being.

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  Admirable, Humans, Human Beings

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• The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.

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  Art, Ideas, Exaggeration

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• How much more sensuality invites to art than does sentimentality.

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  Art, Doe, Sensuality

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• There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

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  Inspirational, Fear, Halloween

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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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  Truth, Believe, Profound

  "Ainsi soit-il; ou, Les Jeux sont faits". Book by André Gide, p. 174, 1952.

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• When I cease to be indignant I will have begun my old age.

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  Age, Indignant, Old Age

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• When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.

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  Pride, Thoughtful, Intelligent

  Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.305, Routledge

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• Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.

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  Unique, Joy, Preparation

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• We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves.

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  Order, Ideas, Identity

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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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  Life, Future, Mean

  "Les Faux Monnayeurs". Book by André Gide, Pt. 3, ch. 16, 1925.

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• Other people's appetites easily appear excessive when one doesn't share them.

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  People, Share, Appetite

  Andre Gide (2012). “The Counterfeiters: A Novel”, p.228, Vintage

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