Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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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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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had 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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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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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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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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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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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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