Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
ANDRE GIDEToo chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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Dare to be yourself.
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But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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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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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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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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Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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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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