Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
ANDRE GIDE- Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
ANDRE GIDEI do not love men: I love what devours them.
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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
ANDRE GIDEThe true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
ANDRE GIDEProfound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
ANDRE GIDEWelcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
ANDRE GIDENothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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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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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
ANDRE GIDEFish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
ANDRE GIDEA straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
ANDRE GIDEFear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
ANDRE GIDEYou have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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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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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
ANDRE GIDE‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
ANDRE GIDEThere are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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