It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written
Andre Gide
Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.
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I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
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In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.
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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity
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The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations
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Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness
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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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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations.
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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 labour of peace.
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