Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
ANDRE GIDEArt is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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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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I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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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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