The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.

Quote by Andre Gide

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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.

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...

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...

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image....

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image....

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...

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...

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...

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

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

The color of truth is gray.

The color of truth is gray.

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.

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.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.