One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRE GIDEIt is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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