Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
ANDRE GIDEA straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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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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You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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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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The color of truth is gray.
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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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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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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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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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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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