In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
ANDRE GIDEEvery instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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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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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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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