Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
ANDRE GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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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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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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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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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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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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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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The color of truth is gray.
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To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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Dare to be yourself.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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