In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
ANDRE GIDEOne does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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The color of truth is gray.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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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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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys 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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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