To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
ANDRE GIDEThere are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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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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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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