Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
ANDRE GIDEA man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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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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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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