I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

Quote by Andre Gide

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Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what...

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in...

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in...

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Solitude is bearable only with God

Solitude is bearable only with God

Half the pleasure of solitude comes from having with us some friend to whom we...

Half the pleasure of solitude comes from having with us some friend to whom we...

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.