Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDENothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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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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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander 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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Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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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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