Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDENothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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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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What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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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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