There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
ANDRE GIDEArt begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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The color of truth is gray.
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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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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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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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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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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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