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.
ANDRE GIDEComplete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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The color of truth is gray.
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Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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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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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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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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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Dare to be yourself.
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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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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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