Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
ANDRE GIDEA man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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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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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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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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