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

Quote by Andre Gide

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Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory...

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory...

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...

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging,...

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging,...

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for...

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for...

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...

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...

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through...

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.

The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.

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...

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 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...