Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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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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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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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 color of truth is gray.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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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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