Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Quote by Andre Gide

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The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in...

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in...

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

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

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

Art begins with resistance-at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever...

Art begins with resistance-at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever...

It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre...

It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre...

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written

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

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

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Therefore is a word the poet must not know.

Therefore is a word the poet must not know.

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

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

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...