The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
ANDRE GIDENothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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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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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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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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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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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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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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