Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
ANDRE GIDESociety knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Dare to be yourself.
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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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