There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
ANDRE GIDEThere are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
ANDRE GIDE‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
ANDRE GIDESadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
ANDRE GIDESeize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
ANDRE GIDEProfound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
ANDRE GIDENothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
ANDRE GIDEOnly those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
ANDRE GIDEI can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
ANDRE GIDEOne does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRE GIDEFish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
ANDRE GIDESociety knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
ANDRE GIDEBut can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
ANDRE GIDEOnly fools don’t contradict themselves.
ANDRE GIDEComplete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEDare to be yourself.
ANDRE GIDEGod depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
ANDRE GIDE