Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
ANDRE GIDEYou have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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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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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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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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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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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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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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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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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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