Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
ANDRE GIDEI do not love men: I love what devours them.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding 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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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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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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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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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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