Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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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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You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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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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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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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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