Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
ANDRE GIDEToo chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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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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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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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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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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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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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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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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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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