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.

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...

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

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.

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.

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

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...

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

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

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

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...

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than...

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than...

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

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

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.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary...

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary...

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.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

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...

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...