One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
(The Counterfeiters, 1925)

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It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Andre Gide (The Fruits of the Earth, 1897)

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

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