Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
ANDRE GIDEMan is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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