It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
ANDRE GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Dare to be yourself.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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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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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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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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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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