Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
ANDRE GIDESeize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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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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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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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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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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