Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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The color of truth is gray.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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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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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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