Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
ANDRE GIDETo know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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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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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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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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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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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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