Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
ANDRE GIDENothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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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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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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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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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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Dare to be yourself.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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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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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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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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The color of truth is gray.
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