We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
ANDRE GIDEBe faithful to that which exists within yourself.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Dare to be yourself.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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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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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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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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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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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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