It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
ANDRE GIDESo long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Dare to be yourself.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt 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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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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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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