What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
ANDRE GIDEHe who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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The color of truth is gray.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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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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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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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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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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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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