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17 quotesA straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
Goals
Andre Gide
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Are you then unable to recognize unless it has the same sound as yours?
Empathy
Andre Gide
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
Truth
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
Giving
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.
Death and Dying
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
Hatred
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It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.
Purpose
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Action
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Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.
Argument
Andre Gide
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Not everyone can be an orphan.
Orphan
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
Compliments
Andre Gide
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
Literature
Andre Gide
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
Sin
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The abominable effort to take one's sins with one to paradise.
Paradise
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
Talent
Andre Gide
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The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.
Arts and Artists
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There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
Prejudice
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun