Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
ANDRE GIDEBe faithful to that which exists within yourself.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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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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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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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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