To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
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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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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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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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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