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Know thyself. A maxim as perni...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.

Andre Gide 316 quotes

The most beautiful things are ...

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

Andre Gide 316 quotes

The sole art that suits me is ...

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

Andre Gide 316 quotes

'Therefore' is a word the poet...

'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.

Andre Gide 316 quotes

To read a writer is for me not...

To 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.

Andre Gide 316 quotes

It is not always by plugging a...

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.

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Complete possession is proved ...

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Andre Gide 316 quotes

Great authors are admirable in...

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.

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In hell there is no other puni...

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.

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It is unthinkable for a French...

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.

Andre Gide 316 quotes

No theory is good unless it pe...

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.

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Nothing is so silly as the exp...

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

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The most decisive actions of l...

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

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The most gifted natures are pe...

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

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To what a degree the same past...

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations.

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What would there be in a story...

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.

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I owe much to my friends; but,...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

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Old hands soil, it seems, what...

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.

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The nationalist has a broad ha...

The nationalist has a broad hatred and a narrow love.

Andre Gide 316 quotes

A work of art is an exaggerati...

A work of art is an exaggeration.

Andre Gide 316 quotes

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