One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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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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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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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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The color of truth is gray.
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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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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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