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Andr� Gide
France
22 Nov 1869 // 19 Feb 1951
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On Art:
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity
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On Talk:
The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious
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On Nature:
The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling
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On Action:
The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions
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On Sin:
Sin is whatever obscures the soul
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On Happiness:
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness
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On Behaviour:
Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented
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On Theory:
No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond
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On Discussion:
Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding
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On Man:
Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
On Destiny:
"Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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Francis Bacon
On Friendship:
"A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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