Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
ANDRE GIDEThe most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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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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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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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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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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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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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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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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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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Dare to be yourself.
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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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