Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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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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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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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.
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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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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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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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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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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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