You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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 prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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The color of truth is gray.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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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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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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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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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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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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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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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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