Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
ANDRE GIDEToo chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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The color of truth is gray.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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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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