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Andre Gide Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1
The most beaten paths are certainly the surest, but do not hope to start much game on them Picture Quote #1
Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life Picture Quote #1
I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path Picture Quote #1
We who would seek new land must be willing to sacrifice the sight of shore for a long, long time Picture Quote #1
The reasons that drive me to write are many and the most important are the most secret, I think. Perhaps most of all this: to put something out of death's reach Picture Quote #1
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For what use is it to forbid what we can't prevent? If books are forbidden, children read them on the sly Picture Quote #1
Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure Picture Quote #1
What was doubly disconcerting for me was that he showed such extraordinary and precocious insight in describing his own feelings that I felt he was making my own confession Picture Quote #1
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not Picture Quote #1
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 Picture Quote #1
Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one Picture Quote #1
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore Picture Quote #1
In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring Picture Quote #1
One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything, and consequently get nothing Picture Quote #1
Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death Picture Quote #1
It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the reality of daily life Picture Quote #1
Our deeds attach themselves to us like the flame to phosphorus. They constitute our brilliance, to be sure, but only in so far as they consume us Picture Quote #1
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Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more apt he is to attach himself to it Picture Quote #1
Actions whose motives he cannot understand that is, actions not prompted by the hope of profit Picture Quote #1
The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them act; he hears their voices even before he knows them Picture Quote #1
Every perfect action is accompanied by pleasure. By that you can tell what you ought to do Picture Quote #1
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 Picture Quote #1
The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities... I listen to them and they go away delighted Picture Quote #1
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them Picture Quote #1
Pay attention only to the form; emotion will come spontaneously to inhabit it. A perfect dwelling place always finds an inhabitant Picture Quote #1
Woe to these people who have no appetite for the very dish that their age serves up Picture Quote #1
It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands Picture Quote #1
When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent Picture Quote #1
Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes Picture Quote #1
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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  (Andre Gide Quotes) The most beaten paths are certainly the surest, but do not hope to start much game on them  (Andre Gide Quotes) Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life  (Andre Gide Quotes) I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path  (Andre Gide Quotes) We who would seek new land must be willing to sacrifice the sight of shore for a long, long time  (Andre Gide Quotes) The reasons that drive me to write are many and the most important are the most secret, I think. Perhaps most of all this: to put something out of death's reach  (Andre Gide Quotes) For what use is it to forbid what we can't prevent? If books are forbidden, children read them on the sly  (Andre Gide Quotes) Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure  (Andre Gide Quotes) What was doubly disconcerting for me was that he showed such extraordinary and precocious insight in describing his own feelings that I felt he was making my own confession  (Andre Gide Quotes) It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not  (Andre Gide Quotes) 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  (Andre Gide Quotes) Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one  (Andre Gide Quotes) Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore  (Andre Gide Quotes) In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring  (Andre Gide Quotes) One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything, and consequently get nothing  (Andre Gide Quotes) Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death  (Andre Gide Quotes) It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the reality of daily life  (Andre Gide Quotes) Our deeds attach themselves to us like the flame to phosphorus. They constitute our brilliance, to be sure, but only in so far as they consume us  (Andre Gide Quotes) Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more apt he is to attach himself to it  (Andre Gide Quotes) Actions whose motives he cannot understand that is, actions not prompted by the hope of profit  (Andre Gide Quotes) The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them act; he hears their voices even before he knows them  (Andre Gide Quotes) Every perfect action is accompanied by pleasure. By that you can tell what you ought to do  (Andre Gide Quotes) 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  (Andre Gide Quotes) The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities... I listen to them and they go away delighted  (Andre Gide Quotes) There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them  (Andre Gide Quotes) Pay attention only to the form; emotion will come spontaneously to inhabit it. A perfect dwelling place always finds an inhabitant  (Andre Gide Quotes) Woe to these people who have no appetite for the very dish that their age serves up  (Andre Gide Quotes) It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands  (Andre Gide Quotes) When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent  (Andre Gide Quotes) Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes  (Andre Gide Quotes)
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