Andre Gide
"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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"A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective."
"Be faithful to that which exists within yourself."
"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not."
"Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again."
"One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."