What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
ANDRE GIDEOnly those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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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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The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.
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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Dare to be yourself.
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