A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
ANDRE GIDEThe color of truth is gray.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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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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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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