The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
ANDRE GIDEA straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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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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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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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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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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