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

Quote by Andre Gide

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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...

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...

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

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...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

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...

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

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their...

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their...

Loving your enemies does not mean you have to agree with or accept what they...

Loving your enemies does not mean you have to agree with or accept what they...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...