To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
ANDRE GIDEThe true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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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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Dare to be yourself.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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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 fools don’t contradict themselves.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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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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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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