Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
ANDRE GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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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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Dare to be yourself.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.
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The color of truth is gray.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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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 fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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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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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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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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