Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
ANDRE GIDEThe color of truth is gray.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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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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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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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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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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