Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
ANDRE GIDEWe should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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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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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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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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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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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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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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But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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