Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
ANDRE GIDENothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
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Dare to be yourself.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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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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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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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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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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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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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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