Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
ANDRE GIDEHe who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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The color of truth is gray.
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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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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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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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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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