We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
ANDRE GIDESeize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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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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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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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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