Quote by Andre Gide
The abominable effort to take ones sins with one to paradise. - An

The abominable effort to take ones sins with one to paradise. – Andre Gide

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

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Fear
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. – Andre Gide

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Courage
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Paradise, Utopia
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From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers. – Lucretius

A fools paradise is a wise mans hell! – Thomas Fuller

We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian. – Lionel Trilling

Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise is just paradise. Mournful, monotonous, and superficial though it may be, it is paradise. There is no other. – Jean Baudrillard

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The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in. – Wim Wenders

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Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon — the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it. – Lord Byron

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There has been a banking crisis, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, a social crisis, a geostrategic crisis and an environmental crisis. Thats considerable in a country thats used to being protected. – Jean-Francois Cope

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I hope that when Im 80 years old, people will still be talking about my wedding. – Jennifer Hudson

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Hope