What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
ANDRE GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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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 true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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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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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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