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 GIDEEverything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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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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But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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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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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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Dare to be yourself.
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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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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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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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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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