It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
ANDRE GIDEThere are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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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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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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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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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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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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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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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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