Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEI do not love men: I love what devours them.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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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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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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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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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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