Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEOnly fools don’t contradict themselves.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
ANDRE GIDEGod depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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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.
ANDRE GIDETo 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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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
ANDRE GIDENothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
ANDRE GIDESin is whatever obscures the soul.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
ANDRE GIDEA man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
ANDRE GIDE‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
ANDRE GIDEBut can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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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.
ANDRE GIDEI 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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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
ANDRE GIDEWelcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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The color of truth is gray.
ANDRE GIDEThe color of truth is gray.
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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.
ANDRE GIDEArt begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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