André Gide Quotes

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

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The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.
- André Gide

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In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself.
- André Gide

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

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The most decisive actions of our life… are most often unconsidered actions.
- André Gide

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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
- André Gide

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Therefore is a word the poet must not know.
- André Gide

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Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
- Andre Gide

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Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
- André Gide

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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
- André Gide

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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
- André Gide

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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
- Andre Gide

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The world will be saved by one or two people.
- Andre Gide

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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
- Andre Gide

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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
- Andre Gide

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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
- Andre Gide

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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
- Andre Gide