Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
ANDRE GIDEOnly fools don’t contradict themselves.
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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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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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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