The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
ANDRE GIDEThere are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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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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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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The color of truth is gray.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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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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