Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
ANDRE GIDEWelcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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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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You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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