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.
ANDRE GIDETo read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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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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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Dare to be yourself.
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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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