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

Quote by Andre Gide

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The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best...

The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best...

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

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at...

At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at...

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...

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

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

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

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness

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.

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

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

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...

The color of truth is gray.

The color of truth is gray.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of...

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of...

In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its original feature, is the faculty...

In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its original feature, is the faculty...