A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
ANDRE GIDEMan cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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The color of truth is gray.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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