There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
ANDRE GIDEMan is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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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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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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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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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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