There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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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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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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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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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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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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