Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
ANDRE GIDEFear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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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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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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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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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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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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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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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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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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