Quote by André Gide
I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes m

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. – André Gide

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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. – André Gide

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Every path hath a puddle. – George Herbert, “Jacula Prudentum”

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There are sufferings that have lost their memory and do not remember why they are suffering. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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There is no education like adversity. – Disraeli

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Any port in a storm. – Scottish Proverb

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Anger is a transient hatred or at least very like it. – Robert South

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I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right. – Henry Bessemer (discovered new method of producing steel)

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