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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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...

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

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...

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.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Solitude is bearable only with God

Solitude is bearable only with God

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Understanding is the beginning of approving

Understanding is the beginning of approving

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

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...

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

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

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

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

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

Art is a 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...

We are a plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures.

We are a plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures.

An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as...

An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as...

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.