Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
ANDRE GIDEBelieve those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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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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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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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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