One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRE GIDEEvery instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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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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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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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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But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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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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