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.
ANDRE GIDEWisdom comes not from reason but from love.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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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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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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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.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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The color of truth is gray.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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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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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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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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