We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
ANDRE GIDEOnly fools don’t contradict themselves.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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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 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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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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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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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Dare to be yourself.
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