Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
ANDRE GIDESadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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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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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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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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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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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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