The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
ANDRE GIDEBelieve those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.
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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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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Dare to be yourself.
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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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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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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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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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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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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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