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Quote by André Gide
What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. РAndr̩ Gide

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

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Hypocrisy
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André Gide
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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. РAndr̩ Gide

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Adversity
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André Gide
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So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it. – Harold Acton, Memoirs of an Aesthete, 1948

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Being an author is being in charge of your own personal insane asylum. – Terri Guillemets

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A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure. – Henry David Thoreau

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A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident. – W. Somerset Maugham, Summing Up, 1938

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It all depends on whether you have things, or they have you. – Robert A. Cook

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They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma. – Buddha

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Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare. – Japanese Proverb

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Whosoever knoweth the power of the dance, dwelleth in God. – Rumi

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