The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
ANDRE GIDEPlease do not understand me too quickly.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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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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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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