Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
ANDRE GIDEWelcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found 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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The color of truth is gray.
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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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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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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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