In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
ANDRE GIDESeize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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