‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
ANDRE GIDEComplete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found 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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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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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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