Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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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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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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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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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 can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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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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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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