Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
ANDRE GIDENothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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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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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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I do not love men: I love what devours 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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Dare to be yourself.
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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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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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