We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
ANDRE GIDEOnly those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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 do not love men: I love what devours them.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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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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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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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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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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