There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
ANDRE GIDEBelieve those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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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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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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