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

Quote by Andre Gide

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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for...

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for...

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...

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best...

The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging,...

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging,...

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written

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

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

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary...

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

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...

...the more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much

...the more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may...

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may...

No birth certificate is issued when friendship is born. There is nothing tangible. There is...

No birth certificate is issued when friendship is born. There is nothing tangible. There is...