Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
ANDRE GIDEPrejudices are the props of civilization.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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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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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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