What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Dare to be yourself.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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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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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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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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