Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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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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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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Dare to be yourself.
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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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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
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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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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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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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