Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
ANDRE GIDEPlease do not understand me too quickly.
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
ANDRE GIDEWelcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
ANDRE GIDENothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
ANDRE GIDESin is whatever obscures the soul.
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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.
ANDRE GIDEYou 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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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
ANDRE GIDEI do not love men: I love what devours them.
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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.
ANDRE GIDEMan 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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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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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.
ANDRE GIDEI 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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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
ANDRE GIDEIt is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
ANDRE GIDEPlease do not understand me too quickly.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
ANDRE GIDEWisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
ANDRE GIDEThe funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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