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Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.
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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.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
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No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.
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In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.
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The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.
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