Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
ANDRE GIDE‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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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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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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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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The color of truth is gray.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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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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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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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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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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