The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
ANDRE GIDEPrejudices are the props of civilization.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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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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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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