I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
ANDRE GIDETo 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.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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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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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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