Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
¶ (Attributed)
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André Gide (1869-1951) French writer
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
¶ (Attributed)
It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking at it that one overcomes it; but, rather, often by working on the one next to it. Certain people and certain things require to be approached on an angle.
¶ Journal (26 Oct. 1924)
tr. Justin O'Brien, 1951
The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future -- are, more often than not, unconsidered.
¶ The Counterfeiters, pt. 3, ch. 16 (Hildebrant) (1925)
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