The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
ANDRE GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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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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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Dare to be yourself.
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