To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
ANDRE GIDESo long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
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You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
ANDRE GIDEYou have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
ANDRE GIDEI do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
ANDRE GIDEWisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
ANDRE GIDEArt is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
ANDRE GIDENothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
ANDRE GIDEFear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
ANDRE GIDENothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
ANDRE GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
ANDRE GIDEBut can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
ANDRE GIDEThere are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
ANDRE GIDEA straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
ANDRE GIDESin is whatever obscures the soul.
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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.
ANDRE GIDEI 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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