Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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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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Dare to be yourself.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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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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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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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.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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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.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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