‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
ANDRE GIDENothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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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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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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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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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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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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