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It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. – Andre Gide

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

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Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrows joy is possible only if todays makes way for it that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one. – Andre Gide

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Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. – Aristotle

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The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet. – Alanis Morissette

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Filth and old age, Im sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity. – Geoffrey Chaucer

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