It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

Author: Andre Gide

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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Love is when two people know everything about each other and are still friends.

I love to travel, but hate to arrive.

Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.

We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.