I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
ANDRE GIDEArt begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Dare to be yourself.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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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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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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