Of the thousand forms of life, each of us can know but one. It is madness to envy other people’s happiness; one would not know what to do with it. Happiness won’t come to one ready-made; it has to be made to measure.
(The Immoralist, 1902)
Andre Gide
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It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward. Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
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