Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
ANDRE GIDEHe who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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Dare to be yourself.
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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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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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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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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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The color of truth is gray.
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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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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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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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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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